# The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022, Article 30: Hierarchy of heating measures installed at off-gas premises

Extent: E+W+S

(1) A measure complies with the off-gas heating hierarchy if it is a measure to which paragraph (2) applies.
(2) This paragraph applies to a measure which is—
(a) one of the following—
(i) a hydronic heat pump;
(ii) a wet central heating system which generates heat wholly from a hydronic heat pump; or
(iii) a connection to a district heating system that delivers heat generated wholly from a hydronic heat pump;
(b) if it is not possible to install any of the measures referred to in sub-paragraph (a) at the premises, either—
(i) a district heating connection (other than a district heating connection referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(iii)); or
(ii) if the premises are in a rural area, the installation of equipment for the generation of heat wholly or partly from biomass; or
(c) if it is not possible to install at the premises any of the measures referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b), one of the following—
(i) an electric storage heater or an electric heating system, provided that—
(aa) the measure replaces an electric heating system at the premises;
(bb) the measure is installed at premises where one or more electric storage heaters are already installed; or
(cc) the measure is installed at premises which, immediately prior to the installation of the measure, have neither an efficient heating system nor an inefficient heating system; or
(ii) the repair of—
(aa) a renewable heating system which is an inefficient heating system;
(bb) a central heating system which is fuelled wholly or partly from biofuel, oil or liquefied petroleum gas; or
(cc) a connection to a district heating system that delivers heat generated wholly or partly from biofuel, oil or liquefied petroleum gas.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), it is “not possible” to install a measure—
(a) if it is not reasonably practicable to install the measure;
(b) if it attracts an exemption under Part 11;
(c) if the measure is the installation of equipment for the generation of heat wholly or partly from biomass and the premises are not in a rural area;
(d) if the measure is not one of the measures recommended in the most recent options evaluation report produced in relation to the premises immediately before the only or first measure which is part of the ECO4 project is completed; or
(e) if—
(i) there is no improvement options evaluation report of the type mentioned in sub-paragraph (d);
(ii) one or more EPC recommendation reports have been issued for the premises; and
(iii) the measure is not amongst the measures recommended in the most recent EPC recommendation report.
(4) In this article—
“EPC recommendation report” means a recommendation report included in an energy performance certificate, and for the purposes of this definition, “recommendation report”—
(a)in relation to domestic premises in England and Wales, has the meaning given in regulation 4(1) of the Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012;
(b)in relation to domestic premises in Scotland, has the same meaning as “recommendations report” in regulation 6A of the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008;
“improvement options evaluation report” means a report by a retrofit coordinator prepared under clause 8.1.4 of PAS 2035:2023 that recommends measures to improve the energy performance of the domestic premises;
“retrofit coordinator” has the meaning given in clause 3.29 of PAS 2035:2023.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/875/article/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2022/article-30
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