Businesses given deadline to register for the Carbon Reduction Commitment

St. Helens Chamber - 16th August 2010

The Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) has set a deadline for businesses to register for the emission cutting scheme - Carbon Reduction Commitment. All businesses with a half hourly energy metre will be required to sign up to the scheme, regardless of whether they use the required energy spend (currently set at 6,000MWper annum or roughly £500,000).