# The Electricity (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2005, Regulation 11: Estimate of charges for connection


(1) This regulation applies to an electricity distributor where—
(a) a customer gives a notice under section 16A(1) of the Act (including a notice modifying any previous notice) and requests that the distributor provides an estimate;
(b) the connection to which the notice relates is to enable a supply to be provided at distribution low voltage; and
(c) the distributor receives from the customer the information relating to the provision of the connection which is or could reasonably be expected to be within the knowledge of the customer and which the distributor reasonably requires to enable it to provide the estimate.
(2) Where this regulation applies and paragraph (4) applies and the distributor fails to dispatch an estimate to the customer within the prescribed period from the applicable date, the distributor shall, except in any of the circumstances described in regulation 20, pay to the customer the prescribed sum.
(3) Where this regulation applies but paragraph (4) does not apply, and the distributor fails to dispatch an estimate to the customer within the prescribed period from the applicable date, the distributor shall, except in any of the circumstances described in paragraph (5), pay to the customer the prescribed sum.
(4) This paragraph applies where it is reasonable for the distributor to believe that it will not be necessary to carry out any significant work other than the provision of a service line and a distributor’s fuse to enable the connection to be given.
(5) The circumstances described in this paragraph are—
(a) each of the circumstances described in regulation 20; and
(b) that the distributor reasonably believes that the premises referred to in the notice form or will form part of a development scheme comprising five or more premises.
(6) In providing an estimate referred to in sub-paragraph (1), the distributor—
(a) may reserve the right to vary the amount stated in the estimate having regard to its actual costs incurred in carrying out the work, but, if it does so, the estimate shall include a reference to any matters which the distributor considers may cause the amount to be varied significantly; and
(b) shall state the terms for payment of the amount in the estimate and for any variation of that amount.
(7) In this regulation—
(a) “estimate” means a statement in writing of the amount which the distributor reasonably expects it will require the customer to pay under section 19(1) of the Act or under regulations made under section 19(2) thereof having regard to the information which is known or ought reasonably to be known by the distributor in relation to the carrying out of that work; and
(b) “service line” means a distribution low voltage electric line or any part of the line which will, at the time it is provided, be used only for supplying a single customer, excluding any part of the line which, at the time that it is provided, is intended by the distributor to be used to enable it to provide a connection to premises (other than the customer’s premises) in respect of which the distributor has received or would reasonably expect within the following 12 months to receive a notice under section 16A of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1019/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-standards-of-performance-regulations-2005/regulation-11
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