Regulation 8

1. The electricity subsector

(1) This paragraph describes the threshold requirements which apply to specified kinds of essential services in the electricity subsector.

(2) For the essential service of electricity supply the threshold requirements are -

(a) in Great Britain -

(i) electricity undertakings that carry out the function of supply to more than 250,000 final customers; or

(ii) electricity undertakings that carry out the function of supply, and generation via generators that when cumulated with the generators operated by affiliated undertakings would have a total capacity, in terms of input to a transmission system, greater than or equal to 2 gigawatts;

(b) in Northern Ireland -

(i) the holder of a supply licence under Article 10(1)(c) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 [S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1). Article 10(1)(c) was substituted by regulation 6(1) of S.R. 2007 No. 321; there are other amendments to this instrument but none are relevant.] who supplies electricity to more than 8,000 consumers; and