# The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2023, Article 30: Calculating the score for ECO4A qualifying actions

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The score to be given to an ECO4A qualifying action is to be calculated in accordance with the following formula—
KM×1±IM±R.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a) “KM” is the annual cost savings of the ECO4A qualifying action determined in accordance with the methodology published by the Administrator under article 32;
(b) “IM” has the value determined in accordance with article 31;
(c) “R” is—
(i) 0.2, where the ECO4A qualifying action is—
(aa) a low-income qualifying action; and
(bb) installed at off-gas premises in a rural area in Scotland or Wales;
(ii) otherwise, 0.
(3) In this article—
“off-gas premises” has the meaning given in article 2(1) of the 2022 Order;
“rural area” means—
(a)in respect of an area in England and Wales, an area classified as rural in the “2021 rural-urban classification of output areas” published by the Office for National Statistics in March 2025;
(b)in respect of an area in Scotland, an area classified as rural in the “Scottish Government Urban Renewal Classification 2022” published by the Scottish Government in December 2024.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/873/article/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2023/article-30
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