{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-capacity-regulations-2014/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-capacity-regulations-2014/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2043",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity Capacity Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-capacity-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "“Providing electricity”; “reducing demand for electricity”; “electricity supplier”",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 27 of the Act—\n(a) “providing electricity” means providing any metered electrical output by a generating unit or through an electricity interconnector, and includes, in particular, providing such output by a generating unit which forms part of a storage facility; and\n(b) “reducing demand for electricity” means—\n(i) providing demand side response; or\n(ii) permanent electricity demand reduction.\n(2) For the purposes of ... these Regulations, “electricity supplier” means a person supplying electricity to premises in Great Britain under a licence granted or treated as granted under section 6(1)(d) of EA 1989 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1)(a) inserted (18.12.2014) by The Electricity Capacity (Supplier Payment etc.) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3354), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(2) omitted (18.12.2014) by virtue of The Electricity Capacity (Supplier Payment etc.) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3354), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(2) substituted (18.12.2014) by The Electricity Capacity (Supplier Payment etc.) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3354), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 6(1)(d) of EA 1989 was substituted by section 30 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27). Other amendments have been made to section 6 which are not relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2043/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:07:34.872566+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."
}