OFSI General Licence INT/2022/2300292 — gas and electricity

HM Treasury and the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) have published and updated OFSI General Licence INT/2022/2300292 governing permitted payments related to gas and electricity activities.

• Main announcement: The General Licence INT/2022/2300292 was last updated 26 September 2025, removing the reference to frozen UK bank accounts from Permissions 4.1, and updating the reporting condition to be submitted “Within 30 days of the end of a Yearly Quarter”. Annex 1 (Schedule of UK Autonomous Sanctions Regulations) was updated to include the Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025.
• Background and prior amendments: The licence was first published 17 November 2022 and has been amended multiple times, including: 29 February 2024 (added permission for payments for gas and electricity meter installation, certification, validation, monitoring, replacement, removal and related payments), 15 December 2023 (permission to permit activity otherwise breaching Regulation 17A of the Russia Regulations), and extensions/updates on 13 October 2023, 24 February 2023, and 29 October 2024. For accessible formats or queries, contact digital.communications@hmtreasury.gov.uk.