UK CRC brings opportunities and new risks for utilities
The April launch of the UK’s CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme brings with it more work and the need for more risk assessment for UK utilities, finds Katie Holliday
Under the UK’s CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment), large public and private companies will be assessed on their energy efficiency and a league table published in October 2011. As part of the initiative, a cap-and-trade scheme will be introduced from 2013, but will be separate from the trading of carbon credits under the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).
For utilities, the impact of the scheme is twofold. Firstly, many of their
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