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These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity (Standards of Performance) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 1st November 2024.
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(1) The Electricity (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4(1) (supply restoration standards of performance for electricity distributors)—
(a) for the definition of “category 1 severe weather conditions”, substitute—“
 “category 1 severe weather conditions” means—
 (a) conditions in which no less than eight times the daily mean faults at distribution higher voltage on the designated electricity distributor’s distribution system at distribution higher voltage in a 24-hour period are caused by weather predominantly related to lightning; or
 (b) conditions in which no less than eight times the daily mean faults at distribution higher voltage but fewer than thirteen times the daily mean faults at distribution higher voltage on the designated electricity distributor’s distribution system at distribution higher voltage in a 24-hour period are caused by weather not predominantly related to lightning;”;
(b) for the definition of “category 2 severe weather conditions” substitute—“
 “category 2 severe weather conditions” means conditions in which no less than thirteen times the daily mean faults at distribution higher voltage on the designated electricity distributor’s distribution system at distribution higher voltage in a 24-hour period are caused by weather not predominantly related to lightning;”.
(3) In regulation 6(3)(b) (supply restoration: normal conditions – 5,000 or more customers’ premises interrupted) for “category 1, 2 or 3” substitute “category 1 or 2”.
(4) In regulation 7(5) (supply restoration: severe weather conditions)—
(a) for “12” substitute “6”, and
(b) for “a maximum of £700” substitute “the prescribed cap”.
(5) In Schedule 2 (data for the purpose of calculating payments), in the description of the table in Part 3 omit “, the category 3 threshold number of customers and the upper-threshold number of customers”.
The seal of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority here affixed is authenticated by the signature of

Jonathan Brearley
A member of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority
4th September 2024I consent
Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
1st October 2024