Regulation 23 Spending on industry initiatives which may be treated as incurred by a compulsory scheme electricity supplierI1

This regulation applies where a compulsory scheme electricity supplier (“C”) is connected to one or more scheme gas suppliers on the qualifying date (referred to in this regulation as a “connected scheme gas supplier”).

For the purposes of this regulation, the qualifying date is 31st December preceding the start of the scheme year.

If C is not connected to any other compulsory scheme electricity supplier on the qualifying date, C may treat any amount of spending incurred under regulation 21 by a connected scheme gas supplier in the relevant scheme year as an amount of spending incurred by C in that scheme year.

If C is connected to one or more compulsory scheme electricity suppliers on the qualifying date (referred to in this regulation as a “connected compulsory scheme electricity supplier”), C may treat the specified percentage of any amount of spending incurred under regulation 21 by a connected scheme gas supplier in the relevant scheme year as an amount of spending incurred by C in that scheme year.

For the purposes of paragraph (4), the “specified percentage” is C’s number of GB domestic customers on the qualifying date as a percentage of the combined number of GB domestic customers of—

on that date.