Climate Change Levy (CCL) was introduced in 2001 under the Finance Act 2001 for non-domestic organisations. It is one of the longest running energy based policies to date. CCL was initially offset by a reduction in National Insurance contributions for businesses and was launched to encourage them to operate in a more environmentally friendly way. The levy is applied to electricity, gas, liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and solid fuels. However, exemptions for supplies from certain energy sources apply.
John Field is Director of Native-Hue Ltd, an energy management consultancy, and a past president of CIBSE. John studied physics at Cambridge University completing a BA Honours and MA.
This is the 4th edition of our “Energy In” series, where we look at upcoming events, key dates and news within the environmental and energy landscape for the year ahead.
Trade figures based on data from September 2019, suggest there are a total of 1,277 hospitals in the United Kingdom; this includes both NHS Trust managed sites and private hospitals. Add on an extra twenty hospitals (the amount the government pledges to build) and that brings the potential total to 1,297 in the UK.
