Regulation 19 Eligibility criteria and verification measures

(1)

A compulsory scheme electricity supplier must determine, and notify to the Authority—

(a)

eligibility criteria which the supplier proposes to apply in selecting broader group customers; and

(b)

measures (“verification measures”) to be taken before providing the prescribed rebate to a broader group customer, for the purpose of verifying so far as reasonably practicable that the customer meets the supplier’s eligibility criteria.

(2)

A supplier may make—

(a)

a notification for the purposes of one or more scheme years; and

(b)

more than one notification in respect of a scheme year.

(3)

When the Authority receives a notification, it must decide whether to approve—

(a)

the eligibility criteria; and

(b)

the verification measures.

(4)

The Authority must approve a supplier’s eligibility criteria if, but only if—

(a)

they satisfy Condition 1; and

(b)

in the case of eligibility criteria notified for the purposes of any of scheme years 2, 3 and 4, they also satisfy Condition 2.

(5)

Condition 1 is that either—

(a)

the eligibility criteria consist of—

(i)

one or more of the descriptions of persons in Part 1 of Schedule 2; or

(ii)

a description, or descriptions, of persons, all the members of which fall within one or more of the descriptions of persons in Part 1 of Schedule 2; or

(b)

the Authority is satisfied that customers meeting the criteria will wholly or mainly be persons in fuel poverty, or in a fuel poverty risk group.

(6)

Condition 2 is that the criteria are such as to ensure that in scheme years 2, 3 and 4, customers meeting the criteria will wholly or mainly be persons who were not core group customers in the previous scheme year.

(7)

The Authority must approve a supplier’s proposed verification measures if, but only if—

(a)

they include all the measures specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2; or

(b)

the Authority is satisfied that the measures will be at least as effective as those specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2 for the purpose of verifying so far as reasonably practicable that customers provided with the prescribed rebate under this Chapter meet the supplier’s eligibility criteria.