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The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022

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Notification by participants of domestic customers and energy supplied

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5.—(1) For the purposes of this Order, a licence-holder who is a participant in relation to a phase must notify the Administrator of the number of that participant’s domestic customers as at the end of the qualification year for that phase.

(2) That participant must also notify the Administrator—

(a)where it supplied electricity to domestic customers in that qualification year, of the amount of electricity it so supplied; or

(b)where it supplied gas to domestic customers in that qualification year, of the amount of gas it so supplied.

(3) Where a participant (“P”) is a member of a group, P must also notify the Administrator—

(a)where P supplied electricity to domestic customers in that qualification year, of—

(i)the name and company registration number of any other participant in the group that supplied electricity to domestic customers in that year; and

(ii)the amount of electricity supplied to domestic customers by the group in that year; or

(b)where P supplied gas to domestic customers in that qualification year, of—

(i)the name and company registration number of any other participant in the group that supplied gas to domestic customers in that year; and

(ii)the amount of gas supplied to domestic customers by the group in that year.

(4) The notifications referred to in paragraphs (1) to (3) must be made in writing on or before—

(a)for phase 1, the 21st day after the commencement date;

(b)for phase 2, 1st February 2023;

(c)for phase 3, 1st February 2024;

(d)for phase 4, 1st February 2025.

(5) Where a participant fails to provide the information in paragraphs (1) to (3), or the Administrator considers any of the information notified by the participant under those paragraphs is inaccurate, the Administrator may determine the matters in those paragraphs.

(6) Anything determined by the Administrator under paragraph (5) is to be treated for the purposes of this Order as if it were notified by the participant.

(7) For the purposes of this article—

(a)whether or not a participant is a member of a group is to be determined according to whether the participant was a member of a group at the end of the qualification year for the phase in question; and

(b)where a participant is a member of a group, the amount of electricity or gas supplied by the group in a qualification year is the amount supplied in that year by all participants in the group, whether or not they were members of the group throughout the whole of that year.

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