# The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2014, Article 7: Determining a supplier’s obligations and minimum requirements

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Except where paragraph (6) or (7) applies, the Administrator must determine ... a supplier's—
(a) carbon emissions reduction obligation for each phase;
(b) carbon saving community obligation for phase 1 and phase 2; and
(c) home heating cost reduction obligation for each phase .
(2) Except where paragraph (6) or (7) applies, the Administrator must also determine for each phase a supplier's provisional solid wall minimum requirement.
(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the Administrator must—
(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;
(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.
(4) Except where paragraph (6) or (7) applies, a supplier’s—
(a) home heating minimum requirement for phase 3 is—
0.76×Hwhere “H” is the home heating cost reduction obligation determined under paragraph (1) for the supplier in respect of phase 3; and
(b) rural minimum requirement for phase 3 is—
0.15×Cwhere “C” is the carbon emissions reduction obligation determined under paragraph (1) for the supplier in respect of phase 3.
(5) The Administrator must notify a supplier of its obligations in paragraph (1) and its provisional solid wall minimum requirement—
(a) for phase 1 and 2, by no later than the last day of February prior to the commencement of the phase;
(b) for phase 3, by no later than 28 days after the commencement date.
(6) Where a supplier—
(a) is not a group company; and
(b) has notified under article 6 a supply of gas or electricity for the relevant notification period which does not exceed a qualifying supply,
each of the supplier's obligations in paragraph (1) , the requirement in paragraph (2) and the requirements in paragraph (4) for a phase is zero.
(7) Where a supplier—
(a) is a group company; and
(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,
each of the supplier's obligations in paragraph (1) , the requirement in paragraph (2) and the requirements in paragraph (4) for a phase is zero.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3219/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2014/article-7
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