Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme CRC
The 2010/11 Performance League Table
has been published on the Environment Agency Website.
To keep up to date with the latest developments within the CRC scheme goto the Enironment Agency news page.
Proposals to make the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme simpler, easier and more straightforward have been outlined by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Further information is available on the DECC website.
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme was introduced by government in 2008. Organisations that meet the qualification criteria, based on how much electricity they consumed in 2008, will be obliged to participate in the CRC.
As well as reducing carbon emissions, the scheme will help organisations save money by reducing their energy bills. The better an organisation performs in terms of reducing its emissions, the higher it will appear in the annual performance league table.
Anyone participating in this scheme must monitor energy use and report on their equivalent carbon dioxide emissions and then purchase allowances, sold by Government, to cover these emissions each year. If you do not meet your legal obligations under CRC you may be fined.
Find out how the CRC may affect you and your business. The joint authorities have developed guidelines for participants in the scheme which can be viewed on the Environment Agency CRC website
Changes to the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme have been announced as part of the Government's Spending Review. The Northern Ireland Environment Agency can provide no further information on these changes at this time.
We will be working with the Government to understand the implications of these changes and will provide you with further information as it becomes available.
In the meantime, please refer to the latest information from HM Treasury in the following document. You will find the information on CRC on page 62 at point 2.108 HM Treasury Spending Review 2010 (.PDF 2.03Mb).
Charges associated with the CRC Scheme for 2011/12 can be downloaded from the Environment Agency website CRC Charging Scheme Charges and Guidance (PDF 152Kb)
Northern Ireland specific guidance on Half Hourly Meters and the early action metric has been published on the Environment Agency website: NI_HHM_EAM_Guidance (.PDF 85Kb).