The Electricity and Gas (Energy Efficiency Obligations) (Amendment) Order 2003
Article 2 of the Electricity and Gas (Energy Efficiency Obligations) Order 2001 imposes on certain electricity and gas suppliers an obligation to achieve within a period of three years beginning on 1st April 2002 a target (to be determined by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority) for promotion of improvements in energy efficiency. By virtue of section 33BC(2) of the Gas Act 1986, section 41A(2) of the Electricity Act 1989 and article 6(1) of the 2001 Order, any activity that produces, or may reasonably be expected to produce, an improvement in the efficiency in the use by consumers of gas conveyed through pipes, electricity or any of the other sources of energy specified in article 1(3) of the 2001 order is action which qualifies for the purpose of meeting the whole or any part of a supplier’s target.