Secondary Legislation under Energy Prices Act 2022

Showing 26 Statutory Instruments linked to this bill.

Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) (No. 2) Regulations 2026

Laid before Parliament: 8 June 2026
Procedure: Draft affirmative
SI explanatory text Section 13 of the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44) (“the Act”) confers powers on the Secretary of State to provide support for meeting energy costs.

Energy Prices Act 2022 (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Laid before Parliament: 16 March 2026
Procedure: Draft affirmative
SI explanatory text Paragraph 7(1)(a) of Schedule 5 to the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44) provides that certain powers in that Act may only be exercised in the first period of 26 months to end after that Act was passed during the whole of which both the First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland have held office.

Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026

Laid before Parliament: 23 February 2026
Procedure: Draft affirmative
SI explanatory text Section 13 of the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44) (“the Act”) provides powers for the Secretary of State to give support for meeting energy costs.

Energy Bill Relief Scheme and Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Laid before Parliament: 16 December 2024
Procedure: Draft affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Energy Bill Relief Scheme Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1100) (the “EBRS Regulations”) and the Energy Bills Discount Scheme Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/453) (the “EBDS Regulations”). The amendments achieve the same effects in relation to both Regulations. These Regulations also amend the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44).

Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Laid before Parliament: 7 February 2024
Procedure: Draft affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Energy Bills Discount Scheme Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/453) (the “EBDS Regulations”) and the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/454) (“the EBDS NI Regulations”).

Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 464
Laid before Parliament: 25 April 2023
Procedure: Made affirmative

Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 454
Laid before Parliament: 25 April 2023
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations, which apply in Northern Ireland, establish the Energy Bills Discount Scheme for Non-Domestic Customers in Northern Ireland (“EBDS”). EBDS is a scheme for reducing the costs, to non-domestic customers, of being supplied with electricity or gas (“energy”) by a supplier that holds a supply licence under the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (23) or Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(24).

Energy Bills Discount Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 455
Laid before Parliament: 25 April 2023
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for the pass-through requirement in relation to the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The pass-through requirement is imposed on a person who supplies and charges for the supply of heating or hot water to an end user through a heat network using energy in respect of which the person has been provided a scheme benefit (“intermediary”). It requires the intermediary to pass on the benefits of the EBDS to its end users. The Regulations also deal with adjustments to pass-through amounts which may be needed if a supply redetermination event occurs under the EBDS Regulations or the NI EBDS Regulations.

Energy Bills Discount Scheme Pass-Through Requirement Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 463
Laid before Parliament: 25 April 2023
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for pass-through requirements in relation to the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) Regulations 2023 in England, Wales and Scotland (S.I. 2023/453) and in Northern Ireland (S.I. 2023/454). Pass-through requirements are imposed on a “relevant intermediary” (as defined in regulation 2) and establish that they must pass-through the benefits of the EBDS to an “end user” (defined in section 19(3) of the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44), subject to an exception for excluded end users as defined in regulation 2) to whom energy or energy products (or both) have been made available. The Regulations apply in respect of relevant intermediaries, other than a) an “intermediary” as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Energy Bills Discount Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/455) and b) those providing certain types of hospitality accommodation (defined as “excluded persons” under these Regulations). The Regulations also deal with adjustments to pass-through amounts which may be needed if a supply redetermination event occurs under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme Regulations 2023 or the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023.

Energy Bills Discount Scheme Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 453
Laid before Parliament: 25 April 2023
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations, which apply in Great Britain, establish the Energy Bills Discount Scheme for Non-Domestic Customers in Great Britain (“EBDS”). EBDS is a scheme for reducing the costs, to non-domestic customers, of being supplied with electricity or gas (“energy”) by a supplier that holds a supply licence under the Electricity Act 1989(25) or Gas Act 1986(26).

Non-Domestic Alternative Fuel Payment Application Scheme Pass-through Requirement Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 428
Laid before Parliament: 17 April 2023
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for pass-through requirements in relation to the application scheme for Non-Domestic Alternative Fuel Payment in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Assistance is provided under “scheme agreements”, which are contracts formed between the Secretary of State and a “relevant intermediary” (defined in regulation 2) when the relevant intermediary accepts that it will be bound by the “scheme terms”. Amongst other things, the scheme terms set out the criteria that must be met to receive assistance.

Non-Domestic Alternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement and Amendment Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 188
Laid before Parliament: 23 February 2023
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for pass-through requirements in relation to the Non-Domestic Alternative Fuel Payment in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Pass-through requirements are imposed on a “relevant intermediary” (defined in regulation 2) and establish that they must pass-through an Non-Domestic Alternative Fuel Payment (“ND AFP”) or an Non-Domestic Alternative Fuel Payment Northern Ireland (“ND AFP NI”) to an “end user” (defined in regulation 2) to whom energy or energy products (or both) have been made available. These Regulations apply in respect of relevant intermediaries other than those providing certain types of hospitality accommodation (see the definition of “excluded person” under these Regulations). The Regulations also make an amendment to the Energy Bills Support Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023.

Alternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 178
Laid before Parliament: 21 February 2023
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for pass-through requirements in relation to the Alternative Fuel Payment in England and Wales and Scotland. Pass-through requirements are imposed on a “relevant intermediary” (defined in regulation 2) and establish that they must pass-through an Alternative Fuel Payment (AFP) to an “end user” to whom energy or energy products (or both) have been made available (“end user” is defined in section 19(3) of the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44)). These Regulations apply in respect of relevant intermediaries other than those providing certain types of hospitality accommodation (defined as “excluded persons” under these Regulations).

Energy Bill Relief Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 9
Laid before Parliament: 11 January 2023
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision about the Energy Bill Relief Scheme for Non-Standard Customers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland (“the Scheme”) by which the Secretary of State provides certain non-domestic customers with financial assistance to meet costs related to the use of electricity and gas. Assistance is provided under “scheme agreements”, that incorporate published “Scheme Terms”. Amongst other things, the Scheme Terms set out the criteria that customers, and the energy that they consume, must meet if they are to receive assistance.

Energy Bills Support Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment Pass-through Requirement (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 10
Laid before Parliament: 11 January 2023
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for pass-through requirements in relation to the Energy Bills Support Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment in Northern Ireland (EBSS AFP NI). Pass-through requirements are imposed on a “relevant intermediary” (defined in regulation 2) and establish that they must pass-through the benefits of the EBSS AFP NI scheme to an “end user” to whom energy has been made available (defined in section 19(3) of the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44)) but excluding any person to whom a relevant intermediary supplies or makes available energy outside Northern Ireland. These Regulations apply in respect of relevant intermediaries other than those providing certain types of hospitality accommodation (defined as “excluded persons” under these Regulations).

Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 1280
Laid before Parliament: 6 December 2022
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022 (“the GB Regulations”) and the Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (“the NI Regulations”).

Energy Bill Relief Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 1125
Laid before Parliament: 4 November 2022
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for pass-through requirements in relation to the Energy Bill Relief Scheme in Northern Ireland (NI EBRS) and the Energy Price Guarantee in Northern Ireland (NI EPG). Pass-through requirements are imposed on a “relevant intermediary” (as defined in regulation 2) and establish that they must pass-through the benefits of NI EBRS or NI EPG (as appropriate) to an “end user” to whom energy has been made available (defined in section 19(3) of the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44) but excluding any person to whom a relevant intermediary supplies or makes available energy outside Northern Ireland). These Regulations apply in respect of relevant intermediaries, other than a) those constituting an “intermediary” as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1124) and b) those providing certain types of hospitality accommodation (defined as an “excluded intermediary” under these Regulations).

Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 1124
Laid before Parliament: 4 November 2022
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for the pass-through requirement in relation to the Energy Bill Relief Scheme for Non-Domestic Customers in Northern Ireland (NI EBRS). The pass-through requirement is imposed on a person who supplies and charges for the supply of heating or hot water to an end user through a heat network using energy(12) in respect of which the person has been provided a scheme benefit (“intermediary”). It requires the intermediary to pass on the benefits of the NI EBRS to its end users.

Energy Prices (Designated Domestic Price Reduction Schemes) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 1123
Laid before Parliament: 4 November 2022
Procedure: Made negative
SI explanatory text These regulations designate certain schemes under the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44) (“the Act”). Regulation 2 designates a domestic electricity price reduction scheme for Northern Ireland for the purposes of section 6 of the Act. Regulation 3 designates a domestic gas price reduction scheme for Northern Ireland for the purposes of section 7 of the Act.

Energy Bill Relief Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 1106
Laid before Parliament: 31 October 2022
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations, which apply in Northern Ireland, establish the Energy Bill Relief Scheme for Non-Domestic Customers in Northern Ireland (“EBRS”). EBRS is a scheme for reducing the costs, to non-domestic customers, of being supplied with electricity or gas (“energy”) by a supplier that holds a supply licence under the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992(20) or Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(21).

Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 1103
Laid before Parliament: 31 October 2022
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for pass-through requirements in relation to the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) in England and Wales and Scotland. Pass-through requirements are imposed on a “relevant intermediary” (as defined in regulation 2) and establish that they must pass-through the benefits of the EBRS scheme to an “end user” to whom energy has been made available (defined in section 19(3) of the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44)). The Regulations apply in respect of relevant intermediaries, other than a) an “intermediary” as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1101) and b) those providing certain types of hospitality accommodation (defined as “excluded persons” under these Regulations).

Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 1101
Laid before Parliament: 31 October 2022
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for the pass-through requirement in relation to the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) in England and Wales and Scotland. The pass-through requirement is imposed on a person who supplies and charges for the supply of heating or hot water to an end user through a heat network using energy(9) in respect of which the person has been provided a scheme benefit (“intermediary”). It requires the intermediary to pass on the benefits of the EBRS scheme to its end users.

Energy Bill Relief Scheme Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 1100
Laid before Parliament: 31 October 2022
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations, which apply in Great Britain, establish the Energy Bill Relief Scheme for Non-Domestic Customers in Great Britain (“EBRS”). EBRS is a scheme for reducing the costs, to non-domestic customers, of being supplied with electricity or gas (“energy”) by a supplier that holds a supply licence under the Electricity Act 1989(20) or Gas Act 1986(21).

Energy Bills Support Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 1102
Laid before Parliament: 31 October 2022
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for pass-through requirements in relation to the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) and the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) in England and Wales and Scotland. Pass-through requirements are imposed on a “relevant intermediary” (defined in regulation 2) and establish that they must pass-through the benefits of the EBSS and EPG schemes to an “end user” to whom energy has been made available (defined in section 19(3) of the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44)). These Regulations apply in respect of relevant intermediaries other than those providing certain types of hospitality accommodation (defined as “excluded persons” under these Regulations).

Energy Prices (Designated Domestic Energy Price Reduction Schemes for Great Britain and Designated Bodies) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 1104
Laid before Parliament: 31 October 2022
Procedure: Made negative
SI explanatory text These Regulations designate certain schemes and bodies under the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44) (“the Act”).

Energy Prices (Domestic Supply) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 1105
Laid before Parliament: 31 October 2022
Procedure: Made affirmative
SI explanatory text Section 5 of the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44) provides for the establishment of schemes to reduce the amount that would otherwise be charged for domestic electricity and gas supply to customers in Northern Ireland. These Regulations define the terms “NI domestic electricity supply” (regulation 2) and “NI domestic gas supply” (regulation 3) for the purposes of the schemes which may be established under that section.