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Carbon Reduction Commitment (UK)

Carbon Reduction Commitment (UK)

CRC is up and running with over 2,700 organisations having registered. All participants need to be reporting their year 1 full energy consumptions this summer. And the scheme is still changing. Keep reading to find out what's happening, what you need to be doing this year and how others are getting on.

The latest on CRC

Despite the fact that the Comprehensive Spending Review announcement in October 2010 made sweeping changes to the CRC Scheme the government isn't finished yet. DECC published five additional discussion papers in January 2011, indicating that organisational rules (grouping), qualification criteria, supply definitions, the timing of allowance sales and the relationships between CRC and other emissions schemes (principally CCL and CCAs) are all likely to change again.

Drowning in data

Preparing for registration was a massive struggle for many organisations in 2010 and we helped plenty out with understanding the extent of what they had to report and collating the information. But that was only for their larger electricity supplies. We're now seeing many other organisations, those we didn't help out at registration, drowning under the burden of having to collect energy data for ALL their supplies - large and small electricity, all their gas usage and all their oil (and other fuel) usages.

The biggest challenge of all is collating the evidence pack and coming up with a consistent number for total consumption. There are gaps in billing data and complete supplies are missing from their registers. It isn't easy and being prepared - knowing exactly what does need collecting, finding out where the gaps  are and having a plan to plug them - is proving essential to almost everyone we speak to. Did you know that every organisation is expected to audit their data, for example?

How can WSP help you?

• We understand what the regulations require.
• We've been helping organisations to understand how much energy they use for years - long before CRC came along - and we know it's hard to get accurate, consistent data. But we also know, from bitter experience, what the easier ways are to get hold of it.
• Data is king and with it:
  • We can compile and submit your annual CRC returns
  • We can deliver you 10-25% reductions in energy and carbon emissions
  • We can ensure you get the best energy supply deal
  • We can ensure your bills match your consumption and resolve errors with your suppliers

Get the full picture and the latest updates on CRC here.