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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2018/article-7",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111171769",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2018",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Determining obligations for a participant who is not a member of a group",
  "text": "(1) Where this article applies—\n(a) if the participant has notified under article 5(2) a supply of electricity or gas in the qualification year for the phase which does not exceed a qualifying supply, the participant’s home-heating cost reduction obligation and solid wall minimum requirement for the phase are zero;\n(b) in any other case, the participant’s home-heating cost reduction obligation and solid wall minimum requirement for the phase are each to be calculated in accordance with the following formula—\nA×Tx T\n(2) In this article—\n(a) “A” is the value given for the obligation or requirement in the following table for the phase—\nPhase\nHome-heating cost reduction obligation\nSolid wall minimum requirement\n1\n£589.5 million\n£51.5 million\n2\n£1.179 billion\n£103 million\n3\n£1.179 billion\n£103 million\n4\n£1.179 billion\n£103 million\n(b) “Tx” is the amount of electricity or gas supplied in the qualification year for the phase by the participant as determined—\n(i) for phase 1, in accordance with article 9(2);\n(ii) for phases 2 to 4, in accordance with article 10(2); and\n(c) “T” is the total amount of electricity or gas, as applicable, supplied in the qualification year for the phase by all participants as determined—\n(i) for phase 1, in accordance with article 9(6);\n(ii) for phases 2 to 4, in accordance with article 10(4).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111171769/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:04:08.440207+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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