{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-carbon-emissions-reduction-order-2008/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-carbon-emissions-reduction-order-2008/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/188",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-carbon-emissions-reduction-order-2008",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Determining carbon emissions reduction obligations and insulation obligations",
  "text": "(1) The Authority must determine a supplier’s—\n(a) carbon emissions reduction obligation;\n(b) insulation obligation; and\n(c) super priority group obligation.\n(2) The Authority must refer to the matters in article 7 when determining each of the obligations referred to in paragraph (1).\n(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the obligation period is the period—\n(a) commencing 1st April 2008, except for a new supplier; and\n(b) ending on 31st December 2012.\n(4) For a new supplier who satisfies article 4(1) for the first time on—\n(a) 31st December 2008, the obligation period commences on 1st April 2009;\n(b) 31st December 2009, the obligation period commences on 1st April 2010;\n(c) 31st December 2010, the obligation period commences on 1st April 2011;\n(d) 31st December 2011, the obligation period commences on 1st April 2012.\n(5) The Authority must notify a supplier of that supplier’s—\n(a) carbon emissions reduction obligation by 28th February prior to the commencement of the obligation period;\n(b) insulation obligation by 1st November 2010 or, in respect of a new supplier to whom article 4(1) applies for the first time on or after 31st December 2010, by 28th February 2011 or 28th February 2012 as applicable; and\n(c) super priority group obligation by 1st November 2010 or, in respect of a new supplier to whom article 4(1) applies for the first time on or after 31st December 2010, by 28th February 2011 or 28th February 2012 as applicable.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 6 substituted (31.7.2010) by The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1958), arts. 1, 7"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/188/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:37:24.925435+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}