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In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and grid connections Renewable energy Capacity Market, balancing services, and energy system flexibility Planning matters for energy projects Emissions, efficiency and climate change Global energy News alerts, daily and weekly Fresh and revised content Diary dates Trackers Energy Highlights 2024/2025 Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Energy Bill Relief Scheme and Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/Draft: These draft Regulations would remove the obligation to calculate and apply the principal discounts under the Energy Bill Relief Scheme and the Energy Bills Discount Scheme where energy is supplied to non-domestic customers by a supplier that has been off-boarded from those schemes. They are expected to commence 21 days after the Regulations are made. See: LNB News 17/12/2024 14. Ofgem launches consultation on proposed forward work programme for 2025–2026: Ofgem has opened a consultation on its proposed Forward...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Renewable energy Capacity Market, balancing service, and energy system flexibility Planning issues in energy projects Energy disputes International energy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Key developments and materials Access secured to six market-leading energy law titles We are pleased to share that our Lexis+ Legal Research portfolio has recently grown, following the grant of an exclusive licence from Globe Law and Business to host six premier energy law works. We are currently integrating links to these titles within the relevant Practical Guidance in the Energy module on Lexis+, ensuring they are surfaced in the appropriate materials...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Facilities management Facilities management contracting is, at its core, a commercial services contract arrangement, covering ‘Hard FM’ (relating to the upkeep and fabric of a building, for example mechanical and electrical systems), ‘Soft FM’ (relating to in-building support functions such as cleaning, security and helpdesk services) or ‘Total FM’ (which can combine a number of hard and soft facilities management services), as required within buildings. See subtopic: Facilities management for construction lawyers. Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC) The International Federation of Consulting Engineers. FIDIC issues a suite of standard-form contracts for deployment on international construction projects. In common usage, ‘FIDIC’ typically refers to that family of contracts rather than the institution itself. See subtopics: FIDIC contracts 2017 onwards and FIDIC contracts pre-2017 editions in practice by practitioners. Feed-in tariff The Feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme—also sometimes known as the...
This tracker collates and outlines significant new laws and consultations in England and Wales relating to environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives. HM Treasury describes an environmental tax as one that satisfies these three principles: the tax is clearly tied to the government’s environmental aims the tax’s chief purpose is to drive behaviour change that benefits the environment, and the tax is designed around environmental goals—eg the more polluting the activity, the higher the charge imposed The following environmental taxes operate in England and Wales: landfill tax—a charge due on waste disposals at authorised landfill sites and on certain specified landfill activities climate change levy (CCL)—a compulsory tax on UK business energy consumption, applied at the point of supply as taxable supplies. The climate change agreement (CCA) scheme allows qualifying facilities to obtain a reduced rate (discount) on the CCL aggregates levy—an environmental charge administered by HMRC on the commercial exploitation of aggregates in the UK plastic...