Regulation 20 Provision of rebate to broader group customers

(1)

Where a compulsory scheme electricity supplier provides the prescribed rebate to a domestic customer, that rebate is only to be treated as being provided under this Chapter if—

(a)

the supplier has notified eligibility criteria and verification measures to the Authority;

(b)

either—

(i)

the rebate is provided after the Authority has approved the eligibility criteria and verification measures; or

(ii)

in scheme year 1, the rebate is provided before the Authority has decided whether to approve the eligibility criteria and verification measures, and the Authority subsequently approves them;

(c)

the supplier applies its verification measures; and

(d)

it appears to the supplier that the customer meets its eligibility criteria.

(2)

A compulsory scheme electricity supplier must provide the prescribed rebate to a broader group customer by—

(a)

crediting to the customer’s electricity account an amount as a result of which the amount (including Value Added Tax) charged to the customer is reduced by the amount of the prescribed rebate;

(b)

tendering payment of the amount of the prescribed rebate to the customer; or

(c)

providing a customer who pre-pays for electricity with credit in the amount of the prescribed rebate against the cost (including Value Added Tax) of future electricity use.

(3)

The date on which a compulsory scheme electricity supplier provides the prescribed rebate to a customer is the date on which the supplier complies with paragraph (2).

(4)

Where a compulsory scheme electricity supplier provides the prescribed rebate to a domestic customer under this Chapter, it must—

(a)

specify on the customer’s bill; or

(b)

otherwise notify the customer in writing,

that the customer has been given a rebate under the Warm Home Discount scheme.