{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2022/article-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2022/article-38.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/875",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2022",
  "path": "article/38",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Applications",
  "text": "(1) A participant may apply to the Administrator in writing for a measure that the participant intends to promote to be approved as a data light measure or a standard alternative methodology measure.\n(2) The application must include—\n(a) the following information—\n(i) the measure description;\n(ii) an explanation of how the measure is expected to achieve annual cost savings;\n(iii) a methodology for calculating the annual cost savings of the measure;\n(iv) evidence to support the explanation provided under paragraph (ii) and the accuracy of the methodology provided under paragraph (iii);\n(v) the standards with which the measure conforms; and\n(vi) such other information relating to the measure as the Administrator may require; and\n(b) consent to the publication of information provided by the participant to the Administrator in relation to the methodology for calculating the annual cost savings of the measure.\n(3) In the case of a measure that the participant intends to promote to be approved as a data light measure, the application must be made no later than 31st March 2026.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 38(3) inserted (26.3.2026) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) (Specified Period) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/361), arts. 1(2), 2(10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 38 in force at 27.7.2022, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/875/article/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:56:42.299235+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."
}