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[email protected] Date: 29 April 2010 Dear Electricity Suppliers, Gas Suppliers and Electricity Generators, License holders obligated under The Electricity and Gas (Community Energy Saving Programme) Order 2009 The Community Energy Saving Programme was created as a key part of the delivery mechanism for the Home Energy Saving Programme to help families reduce their energy bills. The Electricity and Gas (Community Energy Saving Programme) Order 2009 (“the Order”) was made in July 2009 and came into force on 1st September 2009. Ofgem is required to administer CESP by setting each eligible generator’s and supplier’s obligation, monitoring each supplier’s and generator’s activity, and, where necessary, enforcing compliance. The Order requires energy suppliers and electricity generators to comply with an overall carbon emissions reduction target of 19.25 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. Obligated suppliers and generators must meet their obligations between 1st October 2009 and 31st December 2012. As required by the Order, the obligated licence holders were notified by the Authority of their new or reviewed carbon emissions reduction obligation by 14 March 2010. Appendix A provides a list of the obligated parties. Contact details of the obligated parties can be found on the Ofgem website. The obligations will be reviewed annually by the Authority, in line with changing customer and generation output shares. These reviews are to be completed by 14th March 2011 and 2012, as a result of which the list of obligated parties may be expanded.