{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-companies-obligation-order-2012/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-companies-obligation-order-2012/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/3018",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-companies-obligation-order-2012",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Overall carbon emissions reduction target, carbon saving community target and home heating cost reduction target",
  "text": "(1) For the period 1st January 2013 to 31st March 2015 the overall—\n(a) carbon emissions reduction target is 14 MtCO2;\n(b) carbon saving community target is 6.8 MtCO2;\n(c) home heating cost reduction target is £4.2bn cost savings.\n(2) The Administrator must ensure that the sum of all—\n(a) total carbon emissions reduction obligations imposed on suppliers equals the overall carbon emissions reduction target;\n(b) total carbon saving community obligations imposed on suppliers equals the overall carbon savings community target; and\n(c) total home heating cost reduction obligations imposed on suppliers equals the overall home heating cost reduction target.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(1)(a) substituted (5.12.2014) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3231), arts. 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 5.12.2012, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3018/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:11:31.792416+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."
}