Regulation 2 Amendment to the Electricity (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2015

(1)

The Electricity (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2015^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 4(1) (supply restoration standards of performance for electricity distributors)—

(a)

for the definition of “category 1 severe weather conditions”, substitute—

““category 1 severe weather conditions” means—

(a) conditions in which no less than eight times the daily mean faults at distribution higher voltage on the designated electricity distributor’s distribution system at distribution higher voltage in a 24-hour period are caused by weather predominantly related to lightning; or

(b) conditions in which no less than eight times the daily mean faults at distribution higher voltage but fewer than thirteen times the daily mean faults at distribution higher voltage on the designated electricity distributor’s distribution system at distribution higher voltage in a 24-hour period are caused by weather not predominantly related to lightning;”;

(b)

for the definition of “category 2 severe weather conditions” substitute—

““category 2 severe weather conditions” means conditions in which no less than thirteen times the daily mean faults at distribution higher voltage on the designated electricity distributor’s distribution system at distribution higher voltage in a 24-hour period are caused by weather not predominantly related to lightning;”.

(3)

In regulation 6(3)(b) (supply restoration: normal conditions – 5,000 or more customers’ premises interrupted) for “category 1, 2 or 3” substitute “category 1 or 2”.

(4)

In regulation 7(5) (supply restoration: severe weather conditions)—

(a)

for “12” substitute “6”, and

(b)

for “a maximum of £700” substitute “the prescribed cap”.

(5)

In Schedule 2 (data for the purpose of calculating payments), in the description of the table in Part 3 omit “, the category 3 threshold number of customers and the upper-threshold number of customers”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2015/699, as amended by S.I. 2015/1544 and S.I. 2023/887.