Jurisdiction: Scotland

Commencement: 21st May 2022

Amends: New Legislation
Summary

This Order provides for the implementation of local heat and energy efficiency strategies and local heat and energy efficiency delivery plans.

It places duties on local authorities and the Scottish Ministers only. There are no duties for organisations.
Duties
By 31st December 2023 local authorities must prepare and publish:

These must be reviewed and updated at intervals of no more than 5 years.

The Scottish Ministers must consult with local authorities and publish guidance relating to the production and content of the local heat and energy efficiency strategy and delivery plan.

The Scottish Ministers may request and review a local authority’s strategy and delivery plan.

Local heat and energy efficiency strategy
A local heat and energy efficiency strategy is a long-term strategic framework that sets out proposals for:

Local heat and energy efficiency delivery plan
A local heat and energy efficiency delivery plan sets out how the local authority intends to support the implementation of its local heat and energy efficiency strategy.


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Jurisdiction: UK

Commencement: 1st July 2021

Amends: The Climate Change Levy (General) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/838)
Mini Summary

The Climate Change Levy (General) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/838) lay down details on, who the Climate Change Levy (CCL) applies to, what is taxable, who is exempt as well as registering, returns and tax credits. These Regulations provide legislation for the payment and record keeping of CCL, and echo those in force for other taxes and duties administered by Customs and Excise.

Amendment

The definition of the Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance (CHPQA) Standard in The Climate Change Levy (General) Regulations 2001 is updated to introduce Issue 8 of the CHPQA Standard from 1st July 2021 until 28th May 2022.

Issue 8 of the CHPQA Standard is a temporary easement to reduce the financial impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Scheme operators and to allow continuity of support under the CHPQA Programme for the 2021 certification process.

The temporary easement will allow Schemes to be recertified in 2021 where Scheme operators can provide appropriate evidence of the impact that lockdowns and other COVID-19 restrictions have had on the operation of their Schemes.

References to the CHPQA Standard Issue 7 are also updated to ensure CHP installations that are not subject to the temporary measures under Issue 8, are certified under Issue 7 and will be eligible for Climate Change Levy (CCL) reliefs.

At the end of 28th May 2022, Issue 7 of the CHPQA Standard will apply for all CHP installations.

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Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Commencement: 29th May 2021

Amends:

Mini Summary

The Emissions Performance Standard Regulations 2015 (UK) establish a monitoring and enforcement regime for the Emissions Performance Standard (EPS) which was introduced in the Energy Act 2013. The EPS imposes an annual limit on carbon emissions from new fossil fuel plants.

 
This Renewables Obligation Order 2015 (England and Wales) consolidates and re-enacts the Renewable Obligation Order 2009, as amended. It imposes an obligation, on all electricity suppliers licensed under the Electricity Act 1989 which supply electricity in England and Wales, to produce a certain number of renewables obligation certificates in respect of each megawatt hour of electricity that each supplies to customers in England and Wales during a specified period known as an obligation period. It also bands the different technologies that are used to generate electricity from renewable sources.

Amendment

The definition of the Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance (CHPQA) Standard in The Emissions Performance Standard Regulations 2015 (the ‘2015 Regulations‘) is updated to introduce Issue 8 of the CHPQA Standard for a period of 12 months from 29th May 2021.

Issue 8 of the CHPQA Standard is a temporary easement to reduce the financial impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Scheme operators and to allow continuity of support under the CHPQA Programme for the 2021 certification process.

The temporary easement will allow Schemes to be recertified in 2021 where Scheme Operators can provide appropriate evidence of the impact that lockdowns and other COVID-19 restrictions have had on the operation of their Schemes.

Minor changes are also made to the 2015 Regulations by removing references to Directive 2012/27/EU on Energy Efficiency as the UK has left the EU.

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Jurisdiction: UK

Commencement: 27th November 2020

Amends: The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014 
Mini Summary
The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/3120) as amended implement Articles 9-11 of EU Directive 2012/27/EU relating to the metering and billing of heat networks. They relate to Heat Suppliers who supply and charge for the supply of heating, cooling or hot water to a final customer through communal heating or a district heat network.
Amendment
The period for heat suppliers to submit any updated notifications for district heat networks or communal heating is extended until 1st September 2022 and provides that the four-year period for submitting an updated notification is not affected by a change of heat supplier.

Building classes are modified to take account of cost and benefit considerations for specific types of housing and properties. The building classes defined in an inserted regulation 2A are the viable class, the open class and the exempt class. Heat suppliers must send a notification of the number of buildings in each class supplied by a district heat network or communal heating operated by them.

The cost-effectiveness methodology in Schedule 1 and the associated tool is updated to allow heat suppliers to more accurately reflect estimated savings and costs for their buildings.

 

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Jurisdiction: England, Scotland, Wales

Commencement: 20 July 2020

Amends:

The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2014

The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018
Mini Summaries
The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2014 establish a government financial incentive to promote the use of renewable heat within households. Financial support is paid quarterly, at a set rate per unit of renewable heat produced for seven years, to the owner of the heating system. Tariffs are set according to technology. The scheme is administered by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority.

The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018 continue the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme to facilitate and encourage the renewable generation of heat by giving subsidy payments to eligible generators of renewable heat and producers of biomethane.
Amendments
The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2014

These Regulations extend the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme for another year until 31st March 2022No changes are made to eligibility criteria or ongoing obligations for participants.  

Changes are made to Schedule 6 to update the expenditure threshold for biomass plants, air source heat pumps, ground source heat pumps and solar thermal plants. This is to ensure cost control for the scheme.

 

The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018

These Regulations introduce a flexible new allocation of ‘Tariff Guarantees’ for participants in the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (NDRHI). A Tariff Guarantee allows applicants to the NDRHI to secure a tariff rate before their installation is commissioned and fully accredited on the Scheme. In applications for a Tariff Guarantee, information is submitted in three stages. Stage 2 information has to be submitted before the closure of the NDRHI on 31st March 2021. The payment period will last until 31st March 2041, and thinstallation must be accredited no later than 31st March 2022. 

In addition, commissioning deadlines are extended to 31st March 2022 for all projects that have submitted a stage 1 Tariff Guarantee application on or after 17th July 2019 and before 29th June 2020. This is due to commissioning delays for installations caused by COVID-19.

 

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