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Government proposals unveiled last week (June 30) to simplify the Carbon Reduction Commitment energy efficiency scheme are ‘a move in the right direction’, according to the Environmental Services Association.
But, the trade body for the waste sector said it still had “outstanding concerns” over the “disproportionate” impact that the proposed scheme, which is known as the CRC and will involve businesses buying allowances to cover their carbon emissions, could have on recycling facilities.
Under the CRC, from April 2012 businesses and organisations over a certain size will be expected to purchase allowances from the government to cover their carbon emissions, as well as measuring and reporting their carbon emissions. The initiative aims to reduce carbon emissions from non-energy intensive sectors of industry.
The plans announced by climate change minister Greg Barker aim to reduce the administrative burden of the scheme on businesses, allow greater flexibility for businesses on how they take part and reduce the overlap between the CRCF and other government climate change policies.
Notably, they reduce the number of fuels that businesses must report on emissions from, down from 29 to just four – electricity, gas, kerosene and diesel for heating.
This move in particular was welcomed by the Environmental Services Association, whose director of policy, Matthew Farrow said it would make it easier for obligated waste businesses to administer the CRC.
“ESA is pleased that the Government is at least trying to listen to industry and address some of its concerns,” he told letsrecycle.com. “The announcement on simplification is a move in the right direction, and the focus on a core range of fuels will make the scheme easier to administer.”
According to Parker Hannifin, a change to the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme included in the government’s Spending Review has made it more important for companies to cut their energy bills. Now, monies raised through a levy on major energy users that were to be redistributed to companies who had done well in reducing their energy consumption, will go instead to the Treasury, alongside general taxation.
Chancellor George Osbourne said that this move was to reduce bureaucracy, but omitted to say how it would affect the private sector companies he says he wants to help. Calculations suggest that a moderately large company could be £100,000 out of pocket.
“Companies that thought they had a guaranteed chunk of money coming in through the CRC will now have to find a replacement,” said Andy Parker-Bates of Parker SSD Drives. “Few markets are so robust that turning up the sales wick will produce prompt results, so the best option is to crank up the energy reduction measures already in hand.”
He added: “It’s tempting to say that Mr Osbourne has made everyone a loser, but there is a definite positive to this. The most sensible thing to do is maintain or even increase the proposed investment into energy saving technology and reap rewards that way.”
An energy audit will identify areas where energy usage can be cut and how to do it. If there is an investment, payback calculations will help to identify a schedule of projects.
Source: ConnectingIndustry
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The property industry will be able to give its views to the government on changes to the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme over the next month.
Today, the Department for Energy and Climate Change has today launched a consultation on proposed changes to the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme. It announced changes to the scheme in last month’s Comprehensive Spending Review, which will simplify the scheme by removing potential bonuses for companies that cut energy use.
Critics say the changes to the scheme have turned it into a “green tax” rather than an incentive scheme. The CRC was introduced in April. CRC participants would, under the proposals, only have to buy the first allowances in the scheme in April 2012, one year after the date proposed initially. The government is also proposing to postpone the second phase of the scheme.
Other amendments include information disclosures, the treatment of Northern Ireland departments and the updating of a number of references in the original CRC Order.
The carbon tax is designed to incentivise large public and private sector organisation to take up cost effective energy efficiency opportunities through the application of reputational and financial drivers. The consultation period is due to close on 17 December.
Source: PropertyWeek.com
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Planned changes to a Government scheme aimed at reducing carbon emissions will impact heavily on businesses, a Bradford-based energy boss has warned.
Gareth Henderson, managing director of Orchard Energy, which has offices in Bradford and Brighouse, said he would monitor changes to the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme following Chancellor George Osborne’s decision to divert revenue raised from businesses into the public purse from 2012 .
The scheme was introduced by the previous government in April and requires participants to buy allowances to emit CO2.
Chris Huhne told a CBI climate change conference the government would try to ‘make the scheme work better – for you, and for us’. Photograph: Felix Clay for the Guardian
The government today announced it would delay the implementation of a scheme to encourage businesses and organisations to save energy, after controversially changing the programme last month into what critics described as a “green stealth tax”.
In last month’s comprehensive spending review the Treasury said it would be keeping revenues raised from the carbon reduction commitment (CRC) scheme, instead of recycling the money back to organisations taking part.
Large public and private sector organisations which use more than a certain amount of energy each year, including hospitals and London Fire Brigade, had to register by 30 September for the scheme, which will force them to buy credits for their emissions.
At the end of each year, the money raised from the sale of credits was due to be returned to participants, with those which had done most to cut their emissions being rewarded with extra cash and those which had done least being penalised.
Today Chris Huhne, energy and climate change secretary, said the decision to keep the money from the scheme, which will reach £1bn a year by 2014/2015, had been a difficult one, made in the context of pressure on public spending. The government has promised to simplify the programme and Huhne pledged to listen to organisations taking part to make it work better.
The Environment Agency have now written to all CRC participants clarifying that the CRC League Table is to be retained, and this is to be welcomed. This will help to reinforce the benefits of investing in AMR installation and certification schemes.
It doesn’t look like there will be other changes to Phase 1 of the scheme and this is all to the good: the air of uncertainty created by recent announcements has not helped customers to get geared up for compliance. However there is still time to address changes for CRC Phase 2 as the footprint recording year for Phase 2 starts in April 2011, and this is an opportunity to address at least one area of over-complexity: the relationship between CCAs (Climate Change Agreements) and the CRC scheme.
TEAM, the UK’s leading energy management solutions provider announced today that the UK Public Sector could be responsible for energy oversights amounting to a staggering £147 million.
TEAM, the largest outsourced Energy Bureau Service provider in the UK, identified in a recent survey of nearly 200,000 utility bills that billing errors are costing organisations hundreds of thousands of pounds a year. 
The Survey found that on average, companies can recover 3.5% of their utility costs simply by checking and scrutinising their bills. TEAM’s Managing Director, Paul Martin, commented:
“If we take just the public sector with an estimated utility bill of between £3.8 and £4.2 billion, a 3.5% saving could take around £147 million off the public sector deficit. That amounts to around 3,000 public sector jobs”.
He went on to say:
“The public and private sectors could be throwing millions of pounds down the drain by not checking utility bills properly. Utility bills are a rich source of information but are complex and difficult to understand for most organisations. The first place to look for energy cost savings is the bills. Not only can organisations benefit from reducing ongoing costs, but they could also find a nice windfall from historical overcharging.”
The survey identified that the worst culprits were the gas companies where 6.0% recoveries could be made then followed by water at 4.1% and electricity at 2.8%.
Viki Thurgood, TEAM Bureau Services Manager said:
“Consumers in general have been confused by energy companies’ billing and the numerous tariffs. Many of them are totally unaware of the saving that companies like ours can make for them. A typical London Local Authority for instance could save £413,000 per year, and in times like today, this can make a real difference to the bottom line.”
The survey article and results can be downloaded at www.teamenergy.com/2010/10/28/utility-billing-survey