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It is the trading name of British Gas Services Limited and British Gas New Heating Limited, both subsidiaries of Centrica. [5] Serving around ten million homes in the United Kingdom, British Gas was the largest electricity supplier in the country until 2024 when it was overtaken by Octopus Energy. [6] It remains the largest gas supplier.
The Council for Registered Gas Installers (CORGI) operates a voluntary registration scheme for gas installers in the United Kingdom. From 1991 to 2009 registration with CORGI was a legal requirement for gas operatives and businesses throughout the UK, and before April 2010 in Northern Ireland [ 1 ] and Guernsey .
By law all gas engineers must be on the Gas Safe Register. [1] Gas Safe Register replaced CORGI as the gas registration body in Great Britain and Isle of Man on 1 April 2009 and Northern Ireland and Guernsey on 1 April 2010. [2] [3] The purpose of the Gas Safe Register is to protect the public from unsafe gas work.
The latter requires those carrying out gas work to be "competent" and also that if they are doing gas work as an employee or self-employed person they should be "a member of a class of persons approved for the time being by the Health and Safety Executive". The "class of persons" currently means those registered with Gas Safe Register.
The National Board lab supports industry research and development by testing new designs, serving as a comparative standard for other laboratories, validating new concepts, and – upon jurisdiction request – assist in boiler and pressure vessel incident investigations. [4]
Ban on new oil boilers and gas connections in Flanders in all new buildings. 2025 Only in Flanders California Ban on new gas furnaces and water heaters. 2030 California Air Resources Board writing rules to implement. [6] Denmark Convert all 400,000 gas boilers to district heating and heat pumps 2029 Use obligation and duty for renewable energy ...
This is a list of British natural gas companies. Exploration and production: Cuadrilla Resources; IGas Energy; Utilities: British Gas (also uses Scottish Gas and Nwy Prydain brands) (parent company Centrica) EDF Energy (parent of London Energy, Seeboard and SWEB Energy) Npower (parent company RWE) Powergen Retail (parent Company E.ON)
The UK boiler scrappage scheme was a scrappage scheme to subsidise up to 125,000 English households to install newer, fuel-efficient heating systems and stay warm without wasting energy. Each qualifying household would receive a £400 grant.