# The Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2026, Regulation 6: Licensed suppliers who are scheme suppliers


(1) This regulation sets out the licensed suppliers who are scheme suppliers in relation to a scheme year.
(2) A licensed electricity supplier is a compulsory scheme electricity supplier in relation to a scheme year if the supplier—
(a) supplied electricity to GB domestic customers on 31st December preceding the start of the scheme year; and
(b) satisfies the condition in paragraph (3) or (4) (or both).
(3) The condition in this paragraph is that the supplier had at least 1,000 GB domestic customers on 31st December preceding the start of the scheme year.
(4) The condition in this paragraph is that—
(a) the supplier; and
(b) any licensed suppliers who were connected to the supplier on 31st December preceding the start of the scheme year,
together had at least 1,000 GB domestic customers on that date.
(5) A licensed electricity supplier is a voluntary scheme electricity supplier in relation to a scheme year if—
(a) the supplier is not a compulsory scheme electricity supplier, but notifies the Authority on or before the notification date that it wishes Part 3 of these Regulations to apply to the supplier in the scheme year; and
(b) the Authority approves that notification.
(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5), the “notification date” means—
(a) in relation to scheme year 16, the 21st day after the commencement day;
(b) in relation to any other scheme year, 1st February preceding the start of the scheme year.
(7) A licensed gas supplier is a scheme gas supplier in relation to a scheme year if the supplier—
(a) supplied gas to GB domestic customers on 31st December preceding the start of the scheme year; and
(b) was on that date connected to a licensed electricity supplier who is, in relation to the scheme year, a compulsory scheme electricity supplier.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348281293/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-warm-home-discount-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-6
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