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In this issue Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Renewable energy Nuclear energy Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy LexTalk®Energy: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Ofgem has confirmed changes to the Regulatory Financial Performance Reporting (RFPR) template and guidance for RIIO‑2, intended to sharpen and clarify what network licensees must report. The revisions apply from 28 June 2024 and follow Ofgem’s earlier notice proposing amendments to the RFPR template and guidance for RIIO‑2. See: LNB News 01/07/2024 9. Electricity Code Modifications: National Grid ESO’s Modification Tracker now brings together all live changes to the Connection and Use of System Code (CUSC), the Grid Code (GD), the System Owner -Transmission Owner Code (STC) and the Security and Quality Supply Standard (SQSS). The tracker outlines each proposal’s purpose, the stakeholders impacted, Panel views...

In this edition: Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency and buildings Environmental enforcement and prosecutions ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Air emissions and climate change NSTA sets out rules on releasing carbon storage data and specimens The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has opened a consultation outlining regulations on the release of carbon storage information and samples. It invites comments on the period for which such information and samples should be made available. The consultation closes on 12 April 2024. Refer to: LNB News 15/02/2024 40...

In this issue: Key developments Air emissions and climate change Contamination and pollution Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental assessment Environmental disputes and proceedings ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Key developments Dan Corry to lead Defra regulatory review Economist Dan Corry has been tasked with an internal examination of regulation and the bodies overseeing it across the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The review will assess whether the present framework is fit for purpose and set out proposals to ensure Defra’s rules stimulate economic growth whilst safeguarding the environment. See: LNB News 16/10/2024 10. DBT opens consultation on new Industrial Strategy The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has begun consulting on the...

Scope This Practice Note reviews the technical, environmental and economic aspects of biomass heating. For information on biomass combined heat and power, see Practice Note: Combined heat and power—technology. What is biomass heating? Biomass heating involves burning organic, non-fossil materials to produce heat. In principle, a range of fuels can be used, including: animal dung domestic and industrial waste biodiesel wood Biomass heating is viewed as very low carbon and forms a significant element of the UK’s plans to reduce carbon emissions. This note concentrates on technologies at commercial scale commonly adopted in the UK that use biomass as wood chips or pellets, although much of the detail is also relevant to domestic situations. Wood chips and pellets are two prevalent biomass fuels. Wood pellets are produced from sawdust, compressed into short cylinders, and offer greater uniformity than wood chips. Pellets are denser, more compact and simpler to manage. A further key advantage is their higher energy...

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and is not maintained. Context Following the 23 June 2016 referendum on the UK’s EU membership, where 52% supported leaving, the government enacted the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EU(W)A 2018). EU(W)A 2018 introduced a range of legislative measures tied to the UK’s withdrawal to ensure the statute book functioned on the day the UK left the EU. In broad terms, the same legal rules applied after exit day (11 pm on 31 January 2020) as beforehand, up to the completion of the implementation period. For more on this, see Practice Note: Brexit legislation tracker—Brexit SIs—commencement. From exit, the UK’s relationship with the EU has been governed by the Withdrawal Agreement, an international treaty negotiated between the UK and the EU during the withdrawal period, which sought to: resolve the administrative and financial outstanding issues linked to the UK’s EU membership safeguard the rights of UK and EU citizens living in each other’s territory, and ...

EU Methane Regulation—introduction On 14 October 2020, the Commission unveiled the EU Methane Strategy, expressly intended to steer temperature pathways towards 2050 whilst also boosting overall air quality. The Strategy targets, in particular, the reduction of methane emissions within the energy, agriculture and waste sectors, as these areas together account for virtually the whole of anthropogenic methane output. In line with the commitments contained in the EU Methane Strategy, the Commission, on 15 December 2021, presented a proposal for a new regulation to govern methane emissions. The ensuing Regulation (EU) 2024/1787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024, concerning the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector (the EU Methane Regulation), was published in the Official Journal on 15 July 2024. It subsequently entered into force on 4 August 2024. For the fossil energy sector, the EU Methane Regulation lays down rules covering the following: monitoring, verification and reporting of methane emissions, together with transparency regarding these data ...