After announcing their intention to remove CCL exemption for electricity from renewable sources earlier this year, the government are now being challenged with legal action.
Andrew Gardner is Managing Director of 2EA® Limited – an energy and climate change consultancy. With over 15 years experience in climate change taxation and over 20 years experience in the CHP industry, Andrew is highly regarded as an expert in these fields. As a fully qualified CIBSE Low Carbon Consultant (LCC), Low Carbon Energy Assessor (LCEA) and ESOS Lead Assessor, Andrew has been awarded LCEA of the year 2010 and LCC of the year in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
As we come to the end of the CHPQA submission process, many CHP operators will have received their CHPQA certificates validating their performance for the calendar year 2014.
The Climate Change Levy (CCL) is a government tax, applied to energy use, and is designed to encourage businesses to be more energy efficient, therefore reducing their carbon emissions and their impact on the environment.