Energy Company Obligation public reports and data

ECO4 progress towards phase 1, 2, 3 and 4 obligations

To achieve its ECO obligations, a supplier must install measures that qualify under the scheme and deliver annual bill savings for the household. 

ECO4 sets a main obligation called the Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation (HHCRO), which requires energy suppliers to achieve a total of £224.3 million in annual bill savings for domestic premises by 31 December 2026. 

The obligation is divided between energy suppliers based on their respective shares of the domestic gas and electricity market. 

A supplier meets its obligations under ECO4 by promoting qualifying actions (‘measures’) at eligible domestic premises, and must do so in full no later than 31 December 2026.   

The overall obligation period for ECO4 runs from the commencement of the ECO4 Order on 27 July 2022 to 31 December 2026 and is split into four phases: 

  • Phase 1: 27 July 2022 to 31 March 2023
  • Phase 2: 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024
  • Phase 3: 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
  • Phase 4: 1 April 2025 to 31 December 2026 

A supplier’s total obligation is determined by adding together their obligations for each phase. They must meet their total obligation by the end of 31 December 2026. 

Energy Company Obligation 3 interim measures

The Energy Company Obligation 4 order commenced on 27 July 2022 and will run to 31 December 2026. Measures delivered between 1 April 2022 to 26 July 2022 will contribute to Energy Company Obligation 4 delivery and will be known as Energy Company Obligation 3 Interim measures as they are delivered in accordance with Energy Company Obligation 3 regulations.  

Suppliers had to notify us of any Energy Company Obligation 3 interim measures installed between 1 April 2022 and 26 July 2022 by the end of September 2022.  

Any Energy Company Obligation 4 measures completed between 27 July 2022 and 31 July 2022 also had to be notified by the end of September 2022. 

Any measures completed on or after 1 August 2022 must be notified by the end of the month following the month in which installation of a measure was completed. 

Notified ECO 4 measures by category

The table below shows the measures submitted to Ofgem as of 11 August 2026.

This does not include ECO 4 measures that have been notified as exemption measures. For further details on exemption measures, please refer to our Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) Guidance: Delivery.

Measure Type  ECO4 SA  ECO3 Interim  ECO4  Total 
Boiler - Repair of a broken heating system  0  0  0  0 
Boiler - Replacement of a broken efficient heating system  1,847  1,804  428  4,079 
Boiler - Upgrade to a renewable heating system  0  0  33,871  33,871 
Boiler - Upgrade to a non-renewable heating system  4  1  79,917  79,922 
Boiler - Upgrade to Unknown  -  -  1  1 
Cavity Wall Insulation  13,724  12,723  27,864  54,311 
District Heating Connection   0  2  1,315  1,317 
ESH - Repair of a broken efficient electric storage heater with a high heat retention electric storage heater  -  -  0  0 
ESH - Replacement of a broken efficient electric storage heater with a high heat retention electric storage heater  0  0  0  0 
ESH - Upgrade to a high heat retention electric storage heater  1,749  1,724  11,649  15,122 
First time central heating to a non-renewable heating system  2,775  1,802  15,639  20,216 
First time central heating to a renewable heating system  32  72  13,369  13,473 
First time central heating to an unknown heating system*  -  -  2  2 
Heating controls  15,809  5,169  493,802  514,780 
Loft Insulation  11,883  4,039  108,669  124,591 
Other Insulation**  100  35  5,181  5,316 
Park Home Insulation  29  0  1,235  1,264 
Room-in-roof Insulation  946  290  17,791  19,027 
Solar PV  138  103  66,059  66,300 
Solid Wall Insulation  6,956  1,570  80,393  88,919 
Underfloor Insulation  4,703  896  1,443  7,042 
Total  60,695  30,230  958,628  1,049,553 

Table commentary

A total of 243,838 Energy Company Obligation 4 projects have been submitted, an increase of 706 projects from the previous month. 

*A small number of measures have been submitted with an invalid post main heating source for the property, suppliers will be required to update this information.

**Other Insulation includes the following measure types: flat & pitched roof insulation, solid floor insulation, window glazing, draught proofing and higher performance external doors. These measures are grouped together given the low delivery volumes.