The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2018

Additional requirements to be met by heating measures

19.—(1) A measure meets the requirements of this article if the measure—

(a) is not the installation of equipment for the generation of heat wholly or partly from coal;

(b) is not the installation of equipment for the generation of heat wholly or partly from oil, unless the measure is—

(i) a repair; or

(ii) installed at domestic premises which immediately prior to the installation of the measure have a central heating system or district heating connection that in either case has broken down and cannot be economically repaired;

(c) is not the installation of a connection to a district heating system that delivers heat generated wholly or partly from coal or oil;

(d) except in the case of the installation of a ground source heat pump, is not the installation of equipment that is, or has been at any time—

(i) an accredited domestic plant within the meaning of the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2014(1); or

(ii) an accredited RHI installation within the meaning of the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018(2);

(e) is not the installation of a ground source heat pump generating heat in respect of which a participant, or a connected person, is, or has been at any time, entitled to—

(i) RHI payments, within the meaning of regulation 26 of the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2014; or

(ii) periodic support payments within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018;

(f) in the case of a measure installed at domestic premises which immediately prior to the installation of the measure have an efficient repairable heating system, is—

(i) a district heating connection;

(ii) the installation of heating controls;

(iii) a demonstration action;

(iv) an innovation measure;

(v) a renewable heating measure; or

(vi) a repair; and

(g) in the case of a measure installed at domestic premises which immediately prior to the installation of the measure have an inefficient repairable heating system, is—

(i) a first time heating system;

(ii) a secondary heating measure;

(iii) a district heating connection;

(iv) the installation of heating controls;

(v) a demonstration action;

(vi) an innovation measure;

(vii) a renewable heating measure; or

(viii) a repair.

(2) In this article—

“connected person” means, in relation to a participant, a person connected with the participant within the meaning of section 1122 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010(3);

“efficient repairable heating system” means—

(a)

an efficient repairable electric storage heater; or

(b)

a central heating system or district heating connection which—

(i)

is not broken down or, if it is broken down, can be economically repaired; and

(ii)

is not an inefficient repairable heating system;

“electric heating system” means a central heating system or district heating connection which provides heat generated wholly or mainly from electricity;

“ground source heat pump” has the same meaning as in article 18;

“inefficient repairable heating system” means a central heating system, district heating connection or electric storage heater which—

(a)

is not broken down or, if it is broken down, can be economically repaired;

(b)

in the case of a central heating system other than an electric heating system—

(i)

includes a non-condensing boiler; or

(ii)

has a peak energy efficiency that is no better than a central heating system falling within sub-paragraph (i);

(c)

in the case of a district heating connection other than an electric heating system, is a connection to a district heating system that—

(i)

includes a non-condensing boiler; or

(ii)

has a peak energy efficiency that is no better than a central heating system falling within paragraph (b)(i); and

(d)

in the case of an electric heating system or an electric storage heater, has a responsiveness rating equal to or less than 0.2 when assessed against the Standard Assessment Procedure;

“peak energy efficiency” means the maximum efficiency at which a central heating system or district heating system, as the case may be, is designed to produce heat.

(1)

S.I. 2014/928, amended by S.I. 2015/143, S.I. 2015/145, S.I. 2015/1459, S.I. 2016/257, S.I. 2017/857, S.I. 2018/610 and S.I. 2018/635. See regulation 2.

(2)

S.I. 2018/611, amended by S.I. 2018/635. See regulation 2.

(3)

2010 c.4.