PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Heating (23 February 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether energy suppliers are obligated to report to the National Measurement and Regulation Office when a heat network is established or a lease is acquired.

Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)

Under Regulation 3(2)(b) of The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014 heat suppliers have a duty to notify the National Measurement and Regulation Office in relation to a district heat network or communal heating that commences operation after 31^st December 2015, on or before the first date of operation.

If a change of ownership occurs (or a lease is acquired) on a district heat network or communal heating that has already been notified there is no requirement to re-notify within four years of the date of the first notification submitted. If the network has not been previously notified, then the duty to notify applies.

Answered by:
Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative)
2 March 2016