Regulation 5 Provision of quotations: single LV service demand connections and small project demand connectionsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

This regulation applies to an electricity distributor where—

(a)

a customer gives a notice under section 16A(1) of the Act^f1 (including a notice modifying any previous notice) requesting the offer of terms for making a connection;

(b)

the connection to which the notice relates is a single LV service demand connection or a small project demand connection; and

(c)

the electricity distributor receives from the customer—

(i)

the information relating to the provision of the connection that is or could reasonably be expected to be within the knowledge of the customer and that the electricity distributor reasonably requires to enable it to provide the quotation (including information obtained by the electricity distributor at a site visit, where appropriate); and

(ii)

payment of any connection offer expenses in accordance with regulations made under section 16A(4A) of the Act.

(2)

Where this regulation applies and the connection to which the notice relates is a single LV service demand connection, and the electricity distributor fails to dispatch a quotation to the customer within the prescribed period from the applicable date, the electricity distributor must, except in any of the circumstances described in regulation 15, pay to the customer the prescribed sum.

(3)

Where this regulation applies and the connection to which the notice relates is a small project demand connection, and the electricity distributor fails to dispatch a quotation to the customer within the prescribed period from the applicable date, the electricity distributor must, except in any of the circumstances described in regulation 15, pay to the customer the prescribed sum.

(4)

For the purposes of this regulation, the relevant prescribed period is to be determined on the basis (as applicable) of—

(a)

the works set out in the quotation dispatched by the electricity distributor; or

(b)

the electricity distributor’s reasonable initial assessment of the works required prior to the dispatch of the quotation.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 5 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: 1989 c.29; section 16A was inserted by the section 44 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27) and amended by section 98 of the Energy Act 2008 (c.32).