From: Environmental Law ReSource
This post was written by Siobhan Hayes,Indeg Kerr, and Tim Foster.
In earlier postings we’ve introduced the UK’s carbon
reduction commitment (CRC). During May UK businesses with half
hourly meters should have received letters from the Environment
Agency (EA) introducing them to the CRC and the obligations the
businesses will face. However, please note that letters went
to the billing addresses for each relevant meter. The EA
states that it does not know which parent company will be
responsible for compliance with the CRC and that applies across the
whole of the business of the UK group (covered in a previous
posting). It is possible that your organisation has received a
letter but there may be complications: it could have gone to a
person who no longer works at t...
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