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Regulation 15 Interest earned by the AuthorityI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The Authority must distribute to all the scheme electricity suppliers in proportion to their latest market shares the amount of any interest earned by the Authority on any payments made to it by scheme electricity suppliers under these Regulations.

(2)

The Authority—

(a)

must, if it has earned any interest, make a distribution under paragraph (1) at the same time as it makes final reconciliation payments for any scheme year commencing after scheme year 12; and

(b)

may make additional distributions at such other times as it considers appropriate.

(3)

In this regulation—

  • “latest market share”, in relation to a scheme electricity supplier, means—

    1. (a)

      where the interest is to be distributed at the same time as any final reconciliation payment, the supplier’s latest market share as used to calculate the final reconciliation payment F1...;

    2. (b)

      where the interest is to be distributed at any other time, the most recent of the following determinations or recalculations of the supplier’s market share made by the Authority before the relevant date—

      1. (i)

        a determination under regulation 5(1);

      2. (ii)

        a recalculation under regulation 13(4);

  • “relevant date” means the date on which the Authority makes the distribution under paragraph (1).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 15(3) omitted (28.9.2026) by virtue of The Warm Home Discount (Reconciliation) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/991), regs. 1(2), 16 (with reg. 19)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 15 in force at 30.11.2022, see reg. 1(2)