# The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) Order 2008, Article 2: Interpretation Extent: E+W+S (1) In this Order— “the 2001 Order” means the Electricity and Gas (Energy Efficiency Obligations) Order 2001; “the 2004 Order” means the Electricity and Gas (Energy Efficiency Obligations) Order 2004; “carbon emissions reduction obligation” means the reduction in carbon emissions a supplier must achieve in the obligation period; “cogeneration” means the simultaneous generation in one process of thermal energy and— (a)electrical energy; (b)mechanical energy; or (c)both electrical and mechanical energy; ... “domestic customer” means an owner or occupier of domestic premises in Great Britain who is supplied with electricity or gas at those premises wholly or mainly for domestic purposes; “domestic energy user” means a person who uses energy in domestic premises in Great Britain wholly or mainly for domestic purposes; “energy” means energy from coal, electricity, gas, geothermal sources, liquid petroleum gas, oil, solar power, water, wind or wood; “energy assessor” means a person with any of the following qualifications— (a)City and Guilds (6176) in Energy Awareness; (b)Level 3 of the National Vocational Qualification 6049-03 (Provide Energy Efficiency Services); (c)a qualification based on units one to five of the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Home and Community Energy Advisers which qualification is awarded by a body which has been approved and quality assured by the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator; or (d)an equivalent qualification that is recognised by a member State of the European Union, an EEA State or Turkey; “group of companies” means— (a)a holding company; and (b)the wholly-owned subsidiaries of that holding company; “holding company” has the same meaning as in section 736 of the Companies Act 1985; “home energy advice package” has the meaning given in Schedule A1; “householder” has the meaning given by Schedule 1; “insulation obligation” means the amount of a supplier’s carbon emissions reduction obligation which is to be achieved by the promotion of measures in accordance with article 9(1A); “lifetime tonnes of carbon dioxide” means the amount of carbon dioxide that is expected to be saved over the lifetime of the measures to be promoted under this Order; “loft insulation plus” means— (a)the provision to a domestic energy user of loft insulation which adds to existing loft insulation which is at least 60mm in depth and where that additional insulation is installed by a person with appropriate experience or qualifications; or (b)the promotion of loft insulation through a retail outlet, where the provision or promotion, as applicable, takes place between 11th September 2008 and 31st July 2009; ... “micro-cogeneration unit” means a cogeneration unit with a maximum capacity below 50 kWe; “new supplier” has the meaning given by article 4(5); “notification” means notification in writing and includes notification by electronic mail or facsimile; “obligation period” has the meaning given by article 6(3) or 6(4); “overall carbon emissions reduction target” means the target for the promotion of a reduction in carbon emissions stated in article 3(1) and referred to in section 103 of the Utilities Act 2000; “overall insulation target” has the meaning given by article 3(1)(a); “overall super priority group target” has the meaning given by article 3(1)(b); “priority group” means the group of domestic energy users where each member— (a)is in receipt of at least one of the benefits described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2; (b)is in receipt of at least one of the credits described in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 and has a relevant income of £16,190 or less (where “relevant income” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002); or (c)is at least 70 years old; “professionally installed” means installed by a person, other than the householder, who has appropriate experience or qualifications; “qualifying component” means— (a)child tax credit which includes a disability or severe disability element; (b)a disabled child premium; (c)a disability premium, enhanced disability premium or severe disability premium; (d)a pensioner premium, higher pensioner premium or enhanced pensioner premium; “real-time display” means a device which, together with a transmitter used in connection with it, provides information relating to— (a)a domestic energy user’s electricity consumption; and (b)the cost of that consumption, and does so at the time the consumption occurs; “short-life battery” means a battery which is not expected to power— (a)a real-time display; or (b)a transmitter used in connection with such a display, for more than one year under normal conditions of use; “subsidiary” has the meaning given by section 736 of the Companies Act 1985; “super priority group” means the group of domestic energy users in the priority group where each member is in receipt of— (a)child tax credit and has a relevant income below £16,190 (where “relevant income” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002); (b)income-related employment and support allowance, which must include a work-related activity or support component, and— (i)has parental responsibility for a child under the age of five who ordinarily resides with that member; or (ii)is in receipt of a qualifying component; (c)income-based job seeker’s allowance and— (i)has parental responsibility for a child under the age of five who ordinarily resides with that member; or (ii)is in receipt of a qualifying component; (d)income support and— (i)has parental responsibility for a child under the age of five who ordinarily resides with that member; or (ii)is in receipt of a qualifying component; or (e)state pension credit; “super priority group obligation” means the amount of a supplier’s carbon emissions reduction obligation which is to be achieved by the promotion of measures in accordance with article 13A; “supplier” has the meaning given by article 4; “U value” means the measure in W/m2K of heat transmission through a wall. (2) In this Order, subject to article 10, a qualifying action means— (a) a demonstration action; (b) a market transformation action; (c) subject to article 14, a priority group flexibility action; or (d) a standard action. (3) In this Order— (a) a demonstration action is an action which is reasonably expected to achieve a reduction in carbon emissions; (b) a market transformation action means— (i) between 1st April 2008 and 31st March 2011 the provision of microgeneration units where such provision will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions; (ii) the provision of solid wall insulation where such provision will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions; (iii) the provision of a real-time display; (iv) the provision of a home energy advice package; (v) between 1st April 2008 and 31st March 2011 the provision of any other action which will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions but which the Authority did not determine to be a qualifying action under the 2001 Order; or (vi) on and from 1st April 2011 the provision of any other action which will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions but which the Authority did not determine to be a qualifying action under the 2004 Order; (c) a priority group flexibility action means the provision to a householder within paragraph (a) or (b) of the priority group— (i) between 1st April 2008 and 31st March 2011 of ground source heat pumps in respect of a property which does not have a mains gas supply; or (ii) of solid wall insulation which lowers the U-value of the walls to 0.5 W/m2K or less; (d) a standard action means an action which— (i) will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions; or (ii) is the provision of a real-time display or a home energy advice package. (4) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 has effect. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/188/article/2 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-carbon-emissions-reduction-order-2008/article-2 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.