Climate Change Levy

DIGLS_2

My better half has just opened an Electricity bill at work and it has a Climate Change Levy of £80 added!
What's that all about?
Or have we been living under a rock???:eek:

Vestra

Yes it is added to business accounts.

NeverInDebt

Found this

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?type=RESOURCES&itemId=1074404189


The climate change levy

The climate change levy (CCL) is designed to encourage businesses to reduce their energy consumption or use energy from renewable sources. See our guide on using renewable energy.

DIGLS_2

NeverInDebt wrote: »

Found this




The climate change levy

The climate change levy (CCL) is designed to encourage businesses to reduce their energy consumption or use energy from renewable sources
Thanks for that! I think 'Coerce' would be a better word than encourage tho:rotfl:

stewie_griffin

If you use 33 units or more per day for electricity or 145 kilowatt hours per day or more for gas, CCL is applied.

Poppycat

That seems a little unfair if your business consumes lots of energy like a chippy etc compared to say a small office/shop

JohalaReewi

Another tax.

DVardysShadow

Poppycat wrote: »

That seems a little unfair if your business consumes lots of energy like a chippy etc compared to say a small office/shop

Nothing to do with a chippy having more effect on the climate then?

albyota

" The French president told a sceptical public that his "fiscal revolution" - a new levy on oil, gas and coal consumption by households and businesses – would come into effect next year and would encourage people to use less fuel.
Long a laggard on the ecological front, France hopes the new announcement will boost its green credentials ahead of the United Nations conference on climate change in Copenhagen in December, in which nations will try to thrash out a deal to cut carbon emissions.
Three quarters of the French population are against the new tax, according to one poll. A political analyst, Dominique Reyni!, said they doubt whether a unilateral levy will make any difference to global carbon emissions.
But Mr Sarkozy suggested France must show Europe and the world the way."



Council areas fail to cut carbon footprint

Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, is today (Wed) expected to announce a raft of new legislation to help the UK meet ambitious climate change targets to cut carbon emissions.
The biggest investment will be in power, with more renewables like wind farms and a new generation of nuclear power stations replacing "dirty" but cheap fossil fuels like gas and coal.

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• Council areas fail to cut carbon footprint

However the cost to energy companies will be passed on to the consumer and bills are expected to go up by as much as £230 per annum, prompting concerns about fuel poverty.
To counteract the cost, Mr Miliband will announce a number of new schemes to help households install "energy efficiency measures" such as smart metres, underfloor insulation and new boilers.
However campaigners fear there will be a "stick" with the carrot and households that fail to install the new green measures may face a rise in stamp duty or higher council tax bills. There were also doubts the measures will be introduced in time to stop vulnerable households being affected and the Tories criticised the Government for failing to bring in energy saving measures sooner.
The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan, an energy and climate change white paper, will set out how the UK Government will meet its target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 34 per cent by 2020 in a range of sectors including energy, agriculture, homes and workplaces.
Among the schemes which will help households cut energy use are:
:: Pay as you Save: Up to £5 billion will be made available to all households to fit energy efficiency measures like double glazing. Because the energy efficiency measures will cut bills, the Government says the extra costs - to be levied on the bills - will be absorbed over time and ultimately result in a saving.
:: Clean Energy Cashback: A "feed in tariff" will pay households for feeding energy back into the grid from micro-renewables like wind turbines. Households could earn hundreds of pounds every year. For example although it costs around £15,000 to install solar panels householders could earn between £800 and £2,500 per annum back from the grid.
:: Smart Metres: Every household will have a "smart" metre from the energy companies by 2020 that will tell consumers how much electricity is being used by each appliance and therefore help to make savings.

SwanJon

rapido wrote: »

Hi there,

My employers uses 40 units of electricity per day, and our bills show CCL added.

However something from the electricity provider came in the post which includes:

"Climate Change Levy... applies to any businesses using more than 145kWh of energy per day."

Can we get an exemption?

-rapido

Hmmm. What about reading the thread?

stewie_griffin wrote: »

If you use 33 units or more per day for electricity or 145 kilowatt hours per day or more for gas, CCL is applied.