The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2014

Determining the cost score for a qualifying boiler repair and replacement E+W+S

20.—(1) Subject to articles 21 and 23, the cost score for the repair or replacement of a qualifying boiler [F1 completed on or before 31st March 2017] must be determined in accordance with the following formula—

(2) In paragraph (1)—

• “A” is the cost of heating the premises (“P”) where the repaired or replaced boiler is situated and, where applicable, the cost of heating water at P as determined in accordance with—

  (a)

  the Standard Assessment Procedure or (but only if the repair or replacement was carried out in Scotland) SAP 2009;

  (b)

  the Reduced Data Standard Assessment Procedure; or

  (c)

  an appropriate methodology for calculating the cost savings approved by the Administrator under article 24,

  where the calculation is based on the absence of a working heating system in P;

• “B” is the cost of heating P and, where applicable, heating water at P using, as applicable, the boiler that was repaired or the replacement for the boiler;

• “N” is—

  (a)

  in the case of a repair of a qualifying boiler which is accompanied with—

  (i)

  a warranty for at least one year, but less than two years, 1;

  (ii)

  a warranty for two years or more, 2;

  (b)

  in the case of a replacement of a qualifying boiler, 12.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 20(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 16