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Installing voltage management technology is saving the Environment Agency more than £30,000 a year in energy spend, according to newly released data.
Following trials of electricity ‘supply’ management solutions the government agency has begun to roll out powerPerfector’s Voltage Power Optimisation (VPO)® across its portfolio of 35 sites.
VPO technology gives energy, cost and carbon savings by efficiently optimising a site’s supply voltage. By optimising the voltage, electrical equipment runs more efficiently and consumes less energy.
The savings are based on just the first six installations. Once the rollout is completed it is anticipated that the Agency will reduce its annual energy spend by around £75,000 and cut its carbon footprint by over 500,000kg CO2.
Julian Feasby, head of internal environmental management at the Environment Agency, said: “We are delighted with the increased energy security as well as the financial and carbon savings we are seeing from the roll out of Voltage Power Optimisation across our estate. The technology has proved robust and reliable.”
Angus Robertson, CEO of powerPerfector, said: “The Environment Agency is synonymous with environmental protection and as managers of the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, the spotlight is on them to implement energy efficiency best practice.”
“Picking the right supplier is vital. Installations on a building’s incoming power supply hold far more risk than demand side installations like low energy lights or variable speed drives. If the supply goes down tens of thousands of pounds can be lost and the health and safety risks escalate dramatically. Our 100 per cent reliability record is reassuring for our clients.”
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The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme deadline is upon us, with businesses and public sector bodies being required to complete registration with the Environment Agency before the end of the day, or face the risk of fines of up to £45,000.
BusinessGreen have today reported that as of midday yesterday 2,700 organisations had registered as full participants in the scheme, while 11,000 had registered as information declarers.
The figures suggest that several hundred organisations that are meant to participate fully in the scheme are yet to register, while up to 6,000 organisations that should be registered as information declarers could miss the deadline.
However, a spokeswoman for the agency confirmed it was experiencing a “final-week rush” and, based on current call rates to its helpdesk, the watchdog is expecting to have more than 3,000 participants registered by the deadline.
Under the rules of the CRC, organisations that use more than 6,000MWh of electricity a year must register as participants in the scheme and provide annual information on their energy use. Meanwhile, all organisations with a half-hourly electricity meter have to register as an information declarer, confirming they do not use enough energy to qualify for the scheme.
Those organisations that miss the deadline for registering as participants risk an initial fine of £5,000 and additional fines of £500 for each day they fail to register, up to a maximum of £45,000.
Those that fail to declare as information declarers will face smaller fines of £500 for each energy meter they fail to declare.
A reminder that the registration deadline for CRC is 30 September and that any organisation with at least one half hourly settled electricity meter during 2008 must register.
This is even if the organisation is below the threshold for inclusion or has a Climate Change Agreement. 
Many printing companies will have a least one half hourly electricity meter as these must be installed where the peak electricity demand reaches more than 100 kWh – such meters normally have numbers (MPAN) starting with 00, recorded both on the meter and the invoice. Additionally the Environment Agency (EA) wrote to all the account addresses of the 20,000 or so such meters in the UK twice during 2009 with information on CRC and the purchase recorded through each meter for calendar year 2008 required for CRC registration. Further information can also be acquired from your electricity supplier.
Press coverage last week highlighted the low number of registrations received to date and the automatic fines to be levied for non registration of £5,000 plus potentially £500 per day of non compliance.
Reduce your production of carbon or pay up. That is the make-the-polluter-pay-message that the Government has appointed Oxfordshire firm AEA Technology to help deliver.
Under the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme, organisations with electricity bills of £500,000 a year or more must register by September 30 or pay a £5,000 fine — plus £500 a day in penalties until they do.
But John Huddleston, knowledge leader for industrial energy efficiency at AEA Technology, told The Oxford Times: “The frightening point is that on September 6 fewer than 2,000 of the estimated 3,000 to 4,000 organisations that must by law join the scheme had done so. And of the 15,000 or so organisations that were required to register — though not join the scheme — only 6,500 had done so. They too risk the £5,000 fine plus £500-a-day penalty unless they register by the end of this month. The message is that they need to get their skates on. This is the last call.”The Abingdon company, a world leader in energy and climate change, was the main advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change for the CRC scheme and is now working with the Department of the Environment during the run-up to its going live The CRC scheme is designed to force down the nation’s carbon emissions by rewarding organisations that reduce their energy consumption — and naming and shaming those that don’t.
In the UK companies covered by the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (previously known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment) have until 30th September to register with the Environment Agency who is operating the scheme on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
With less than a month to go, around 50% of companies affected have registered either as a full participant or as an information provider. This leaves many thousands of firms facing fines and other penalties.
Currently the prevailing sense if one of apathy or ignorance regarding the existence of the CRC, let alone its impact.
The chief executive of the green technology business calls for the Environment Agency to “work with” companies caught out by the emissions reduction legislation.
New rules that force companies to first measure, and then reduce, their carbon emissions, might be bad news for the underprepared and energy hungry, but could provide a welcome boost to businesses that sell energy efficiency products.
The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) will see large public and private sector organisations forced to benchmark their energy consumption and, from next year, reduce it or face penalties.
Environment Agency says almost half the organisations expected to participate in the CRC have already registered
The Environment Agency (EA) has today expressed optimism that the vast majority of organisations covered by the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme will meet the initiative’s registration, after releasing figures showing almost half the businesses and public sector bodies eligible for the scheme have now registered.
The EA said today that 1,698 organisations have registered as participants in the scheme, representing more than half the electricity consumption expected to be covered by the energy-efficiency initiative.
The figures are likely to spark fresh concerns that with just five weeks to go until the 30 September deadline for organisations to register, large numbers of businesses and public sector bodies could miss the deadline.
Green business consultancy WSP Environment and Energy recently warned that up to 7,000 organisations are likely to miss the deadline, including about 1,500 that should be registered as full participants in the scheme.
However, the EA signalled today that with between 3,000 and 4,000 organisations expected to register as full participants in the scheme, the vast majority are on track to meet the deadline.
“We are still encouraging organisations to register now and not leave it to the last moment,” said a spokeswoman for the EA. “But we are encouraged by the number of organisations calling our helpline and the current rate of registrations is in line with what we would expect in the run-up to the deadline.”
Fines and costs from the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) deadline will hit sooner than expected according to leading accountants.
Henry Le Fleming, carbon reporting specialist at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) warned businesses (on 15 August) they have only four weeks to sign up and avoid extra costs.
So far only about 1200 firms of the estimated 4000 businesses in the UK have signed up with the Environment Agency for the scheme which has a deadline of September 30.
However, Mr Le Fleming believes the September 30 deadline is misleading and firms need to register well before then to avoid fines and other costs, he said: “Registration is a more pressing issue than many businesses think.
“Companies need to allow between two and four weeks for the Environment Agency to run checks, including anti-money laundering for company’s senior officers referred to in the process.