Article 7 Determining obligations and minimum requirements for participants who are not members of a group

(1)

Where a participant is not a member of a group at the end of the qualification year for the ECO4A phase—

(a)

if the participant has notified the Administrator under article 5(2) of the 2022 Order of an amount of electricity supplied in the qualification year for the equivalent ECO4 phase which is less than the qualifying supply, the Administrator must determine the participant’s home-heating cost reduction obligation and low-income minimum requirement for the ECO4A phase to be zero;

(b)

otherwise—

(i)

the Administrator must determine the participant’s home-heating cost reduction obligation for the ECO4A phase in accordance with the following formula—

D x Tp / T; and

(ii)

the Administrator must determine the participant’s low-income minimum requirement for the ECO4A phase in accordance with the following formula—

Hp x 0.2.

(2)

In paragraph (1)(b)(i)—

(a)

“D” is—

(i)

for phase A, £3,640,000;

(ii)

for phase B, £12,179,500;

(iii)

for phase C, £12,179,500;

(b)

“Tp” is the amount of electricity supplied in the qualification year for the equivalent ECO4 phase by the participant as determined under article 9(2) of the 2022 Order;

(c)

“T” is the total amount of electricity supplied in the qualification year for the equivalent ECO4 phase by all participants as determined under article 9(4) of the 2022 Order.

(3)

In paragraph (1)(b)(ii), “Hp” is the participant’s home-heating cost reduction obligation for the ECO4A phase.