# The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2018, Article 21: Innovation measures


(1) A participant may apply to the Administrator in writing for a measure which the participant intends to promote to be approved as an innovation measure.
(2) An application under paragraph (1) must include the following information—
(a) a description of the characteristics of the measure (“the innovation measure description”);
(b) an explanation of how the measure is—
(i) an improvement on the measures that would otherwise be promoted by the participant; or
(ii) an improvement on the measures promoted by licence-holders to meet their obligations under previous energy efficiency schemes; and
(c) such other information relating to the measure as the Administrator may require.
(3) The Administrator must not approve the application unless it is satisfied that—
(a) the measure to which the application relates is capable of resulting in a reduction in the cost of heating domestic premises;
(b) the innovation measure description is accurate and contains sufficient detail to distinguish the measure from other measures that are materially different;
(c) the explanation provided under paragraph (2)(b) is reasonable;
(d) the measure is not—
(i) a district heating connection;
(ii) the installation of equipment for the generation of heat wholly or partly from oil;
(iii) the installation of equipment for the generation of heat wholly from a non-renewable source; or
(iv) a repair; and
(e) the measure is materially different from—
(i) the measures promoted by licence-holders to meet their obligations under previous energy efficiency schemes; and
(ii) any measures, other than innovation measures, notified under article 24 before the date of the application under paragraph (1).
(4) If the Administrator approves the application it must publish on its website—
(a) the innovation measure description; and
(b) the date on which the application was approved.
(5) An innovation measure is a measure which—
(a) is completed after the date on which an application under paragraph (1) is approved by the Administrator; and
(b) falls within the innovation measure description published by the Administrator in respect of that application.
(6) For the purposes of this article, article 20(6) applies as it applies for the purposes of that article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111171769/article/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2018/article-21
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