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CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme definition

What does CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme mean? The CRC energy efficiency Scheme (formerly the Carbon Reduction Commitment) describes the UK’s former mandatory carbon and energy compliance regime for large organisations. It was a statutory scheme under the climate change Act 2008, implemented by the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Orders 2010 and 2013, and formed part of UK climate change and energy efficiency policy. Eligible participants were required to register, monitor and report energy supplies, maintain evidence packs, and buy and surrender allowances for associated CO2 emissions. The scheme was administered by the Environment Agency (as UK scheme administrator, working with the devolved environmental regulators) and enforced...

CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (UK): qualification, reporting, allowances, penalties, administration, phases, and 2019 abolition of the emissions trading scheme [Archived]

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Practice notes

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This archived Practice Note explains what the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme was and how it operated. It also highlights principal elements of the CRC Scheme, including:

Eligibility thresholds
Enrolment obligations
Reporting duties
How allowances were purchased and surrendered
Sanctions for non-Compliance

It is not maintained and is provided for background reference only.

The CRC Scheme was abolished after the 2018/19 compliance year, following the announcement by HM Treasury (HMT) in the 2016 Budget.

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (Revocation and Savings) Order 2018, SI 2018/841 (the 2018 Order), effective from 1 October 2018, terminated the CRC Scheme with effect from 31 March 2019, while preserving continuing compliance obligations for the phase ending on that date (and the preceding phase).

Businesses were required to surrender CRC Scheme allowances for the final time in October 2019.

The CRC Scheme has been replaced by an increase in the climate change levy to streamline the business Energy efficiency tax landscape (see Practice Note: Climate change levy). For more information on the closure of the CRC Scheme, see Practice Note:...

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