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What does Carbon Floor Price mean?
In legal practice, a carbon floor price describes a mechanism to ensure emissions carry at least a minimum price per tonne, typically via taxation or carbon market rules. The phrase is descriptive (not a defined statutory term), but is widely used in energy regulation, environmental taxation and transactional drafting. In Great Britain, the Carbon Price Floor was introduced in April 2013 as part of Electricity Market Reform and is implemented through Carbon Price Support (CPS) rates under the Climate Change Levy legislation in the Finance Acts. CPS applies to fossil fuels used in electricity generation and is set by the Treasury to complement the traded allowance price, delivering a minimum carbon price signal for generators. It does not apply to electricity generation in Northern Ireland. Separately, the UK Emissions Trading Scheme currently includes an auction reserve price, which functions as a price floor in allowance auctions; this is distinct from CPS. In Ireland, there is no equivalent statutory carbon floor price for power generation. Ireland relies on EU ETS pricing and a domestic carbon tax on fuels. Practically, carbon floor pricing affects wholesale electricity prices, generation investment signals, compliance costs and hedging, and is commonly addressed in PPAs and change-in-law or tax pass-through provisions.
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