The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) is a new regulatory incentive, administered by the Environment Agency. CRC is aimed at reducing the CO₂ emissions of medium to large UK-based organisations and businesses. This is vital in achieving our overall targets of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 by at least 80% compared to the 1990 baseline.

If your company has one or more half-hourly (HH) electricity supplies settled on the HH market and consumes in excess of 6,000MWh (roughly equating to a £500,000 annual electricity spend) in 2008, you will be required to purchase enough carbon allowances to cover your annual CO₂ emissions.

The CRC is designed to account for emissions outside of the existing Climate Change Agreement (CCA) and EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and encourage energy efficiency across UK business and industry.

For further information on CRC please use the following page links;

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