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Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 188

Electricity

Gas

The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) Order 2008

Made

30th January 2008

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. PART 1

    Introduction

    1. 1. Citation and commencement

    2. 2. Interpretation

  2. PART 2

    Overall carbon emissions reduction target and carbon emissions reduction obligations

    1. 3. Overall carbon emissions reduction target

    2. 4. Definition of supplier

    3. 5. Notification by suppliers

    4. 6. Determining carbon emissions reduction obligations

    5. 7. Matters to be considered by the Authority

    6. 8. Review of obligations by the Authority

  3. PART 3

    Qualifying actions, notifications and approvals

    1. 9. Achievement of carbon emissions reduction obligations

    2. 10. Purposes for which a qualifying action must be promoted

    3. 11. Notifications

    4. 12. Approval of actions by the Authority

  4. PART 4

    Priority group obligations

    1. 13. Priority group obligations

    2. 14. Priority group flexibility action

  5. PART 5

    Estimates, reporting and monitoring

    1. 15. Estimated reduction in carbon emissions

    2. 16. Reporting and monitoring

  6. PART 6

    Excess actions, transfers, determination and reporting

    1. 17. Credit of excess actions

    2. 18. Transfers

    3. 19. Notification of actions and determination of reductions in carbon emissions

    4. 20. Carbon emissions reduction for priority group flexibility action

    5. 21. Carbon emissions reduction for demonstration action

    6. 22. Final determination and reporting

  7. PART 7

    Enforcement

    1. 23. Enforcement

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      MEANING OF HOUSEHOLDER

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      BENEFITS AND CREDITS

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      CARBON CO-EFFICIENT VALUES

Go to Explanatory Note

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 33BC of the Gas Act 1986(1), section 41A of the Electricity Act 1989(2) and section 103 of the Utilities Act 2000(3).

The Secretary of State has consulted the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council, electricity distributors, electricity suppliers, gas transporters, gas suppliers and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

A draft of this instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 33BC(12) of the Gas Act 1986, section 41A(12) of the Electricity Act 1989 and section 103(5) of the Utilities Act 2000.

(1)

1986 c.44. Section 33BC was inserted (as section 33BB) by section 10(1), Schedule 3, paragraph 36 of the Gas Act 1995 (c.45). Section 33BB was substituted for (and renumbered as) section 33BC by section 99 of the Utilities Act 2000. This section was also amended by sections 15 and 17 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c.19). Back [1]

(2)

1989 c.29. Section 41A was substituted for section 41 by section 70 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27) and amended by sections 16 and 17 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006. Back [2]

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