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This subject is now dealt with by the Department of Climate Change and Energy.

• See www.decc.gov.uk

 

Related information

• Energy Saving Trust
• Carbon Trust
• Carbon Projects Office
• Environmental reporting

Key material

• UK Climate Change Programme
• Climate Change Act 2008
• Office of Climate Change
• Committee on Climate Change

Carbon Reduction Commitment: Policy background

The reports below document analysis carried out during the policy development of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (formerly known as the Energy Performance Commitment):

CRC policy update July 2008

• CRC policy decision on schools and proposed scheme wide amendments (16 July 2008) (PDF 40 KB) (Updated 14 August 2008)
  An update on the inclusion of schools, the proposed move to a financial year, changes to the baseline year and clarification of the scheme’s qualification criteria.
• Ministerial Statement
• News Release

Implementation options - consultation

In June 2007 the Government launched a consultation on the implementation proposals for the Carbon Reduction Commitment in order to secure the required emissions reductions.

• Consultation on the implementation proposals for CRC (PDF 700 KB)
• Government's response to the consultation (PDF 600 KB)
• Analysis of consultation responses (PDF 500 KB)
• Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment (PDF 300 KB) - updated version, published 6 July 2007

Transcribed reports from the July 2007 consultation stakeholder workshops and subsequent March 2008 workshop (these reports should not be seen as statements of government policy):

• July 2007 London Workshop (PDF 600 KB)
• July 2007 Manchester Workshop (PDF 450 KB)
• March 2008 London Workshop (PDF 500 KB)

Energy White Paper

The commitment to implement CRC was announced in the 2007 Energy White Paper, following consultation on measures to best secure cost-effective carbon savings from large non-energy intensive business and public sector organisations.

Definition of a CRC organisation

• Analysis of CRC organisation structures in the public and private sectors March 2008 (PDF 700 KB)
  This report builds on the work concerning the definition of a CRC organisation. Specifically it focuses on how to assign responsibility for emissions and how particular public and private sector organisation structures should be included in CRC.

Feasibility of implementation

• How is the successful qualification of EPC organisations ensured? May 2007 (PDF 300 KB)
  Determining what would be required to establish a complete list of those organisations throughout the UK using more than a threshold quantity of half-hourly metered electricity use.

Market design

• Design of Auction, ‘Safety-valve’ and Revenue Recycling within the Energy Performance Commitment (EPC) May 2007 (PDF 900 KB)
  Analysis of possible auction methods, potential safety valve mechanisms, and the way in which revenues could be recycled to participants within the CRC (formerly known as the EPC).

Policy options

• Comparison of policies to reduce carbon emissions in the large non-energy-intensive sector August 2006 (PDF 600 KB)
  Appraises the strengths and weaknesses of each policy option to cost-effectively reduce emissions and promote energy efficiency within the large non-energy intensive business and public sectors.
• Energy efficiency and trading part II: options for the implementation of a new mandatory UK emissions trading scheme April 2006 (PDF 900 KB)
  Detailed examination of the Carbon Trust's proposal for a new, mandatory emissions trading scheme covering the large non-energy intensive sector - to consider how it could potentially be implemented most cost-effectively, drawing lessons from other trading schemes.
• The UK Climate Change Programme: potential evolution for business and the public sector December 2005 (Carbon Trust website)
  Carbon Trust analysis - examining how policy instruments acting on business and the public sector can be optimised to deliver significant carbon savings whilst maintaining/enhancing the competitiveness of UK companies.

Analysis of the voluntary UK ETS

• Appraising years 1-4 of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme December 2006 (PDF 450 KB)
  Evaluates the first 4 years of the voluntary UK ETS including commentary in terms of lessons learned for CRC policy development.

Non-CO₂ gases

• Mechanisms for reducing methane and HFC emissions from four selected sectors October 2005 (PDF 200 KB)
  Analysis to consider the potential inclusion of non-CO₂ gases as part of the CRC highlighted a number of difficulties in terms of incorporating non-CO₂ gases.

Page last modified: 14 August 2008
Page published: 23 May 2007

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