The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022

PART 13 Information and Enforcement

Final determination and reporting

82.—(1) The Administrator must determine whether a participant has—

(a) achieved its total home-heating cost reduction obligation;

(b) met its total solid wall minimum requirement; and

(c) met its total EFG minimum requirement.

(2) The Administrator must notify the participant in writing of its determination under paragraph (1) before 1st October 2026.

(3) The Administrator must submit to the Secretary of State a report each month setting out the progress which participants have made towards achieving their total home-heating cost reduction obligation.

(4) The Administrator must submit—

(a) its first report under paragraph (3) in the month following the month in which the commencement date occurs; and

(b) its final report under paragraph (3) in April 2026.

(5) Before 1st October 2026, the Administrator must submit to the Secretary of State a report setting out whether participants achieved the overall home-heating cost reduction target.

Information from participants

83.  The Administrator may require a participant—

(a) to provide it with such information, or information of such nature, as it may specify—

(i) about the participant’s proposals for complying with any requirement under this Order; or

(ii) relating to the cost to the participant of achieving its total home-heating cost reduction obligation; and

(b) to produce to it evidence, of such kind as it may specify, demonstrating that the participant is complying with, or has complied with, any requirement under this Order.

Declaration verification service

84.—(1) The Administrator must—

(a) provide a means by which a relevant authority may provide it with information about a declaration they have made under any one of articles 17 to 19 or 21(1);

(b) maintain a record of that information; and

(c) following a request by a participant which is accompanied by a copy of a declaration purporting to be made by a relevant authority under any one of articles 17 to 19 or 21(1) (“the purported declaration”)—

(i) determine whether the purported declaration matches any declaration about which a record is maintained by the Administrator under sub-paragraph (b); and

(ii) inform the participant of the outcome of that determination.

(2) Paragraph (1)(c) does not apply to a request made on or after 1st July 2026.

Enforcement

85.  A requirement placed on a participant under this Order is a relevant requirement for the purpose of Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989 and Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986(1).

(1)

Sections 25 to 28 of the Electricity Act 1989 and sections 28 to 30O of the Gas Act 1986 provide for the enforcement of relevant requirements by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority.