{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2014/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2014/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3219",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2014",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Determining a supplier’s obligations and minimum requirements",
  "text": "(1) Except where paragraph (6) or (7) applies, the Administrator must determine ... a supplier's—\n(a) carbon emissions reduction obligation for each phase;\n(b) carbon saving community obligation for phase 1 and phase 2; and\n(c) home heating cost reduction obligation for each phase .\n(2) Except where paragraph (6) or (7) applies, the Administrator must also determine for each phase a supplier's provisional solid wall minimum requirement.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the Administrator must—\n(a) in the case of a supplier which is not a group company during the phase to which a determination relates, make the determination in accordance with article 8;\n(b) in the case of a supplier which is a group company during the phase to which a determination relates, make the determination in accordance with article 9.\n(4) Except where paragraph (6) or (7) applies, a supplier’s—\n(a) home heating minimum requirement for phase 3 is—\n0.76×Hwhere “H” is the home heating cost reduction obligation determined under paragraph (1) for the supplier in respect of phase 3; and\n(b) rural minimum requirement for phase 3 is—\n0.15×Cwhere “C” is the carbon emissions reduction obligation determined under paragraph (1) for the supplier in respect of phase 3.\n(5) The Administrator must notify a supplier of its obligations in paragraph (1) and its provisional solid wall minimum requirement—\n(a) for phase 1 and 2, by no later than the last day of February prior to the commencement of the phase;\n(b) for phase 3, by no later than 28 days after the commencement date.\n(6) Where a supplier—\n(a) is not a group company; and\n(b) has notified under article 6 a supply of gas or electricity for the relevant notification period which does not exceed a qualifying supply,\neach of the supplier's obligations in paragraph (1) , the requirement in paragraph (2) and the requirements in paragraph (4) for a phase is zero.\n(7) Where a supplier—\n(a) is a group company; and\n(b) has notified under article 6 a supply of gas or electricity for the group for the relevant notification period which does not exceed a qualifying supply,\neach of the supplier's obligations in paragraph (1) , the requirement in paragraph (2) and the requirements in paragraph (4) for a phase is zero.\n(8) A supplier is a group company during a phase where it is a member of a group with another supplier at the end of 31st December immediately before the commencement of that phase.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 7(1) omitted (29.3.2017) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 7(1)(a) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 7(1)(b) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 7(1)(c) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 7(4)(5) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in art. 7(6) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 7(7) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in art. 7 heading substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3219/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:54:31.785918+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."
}