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Widening eligibility for renewable electricity cost relief schemes
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is seeking views on:
- whether there is evidence of potential competitive distortions as a result of the current eligibility threshold for the renewable electricity cost exemption schemes
- to what percentage should the current threshold of 20% electricity intensity be lowered – 17%, 15% or 10% - in order to address the distortions
- if the threshold is lowered, how to minimise the cost on non-eligible consumers.
The consultation also seeks views on related issues concerning
- redistribution of money recovered from over-exempted EIIs
- improving operation of the exemption schemes.
Outcome published October 2019
Policy milestone details
Start date: 2018-6-22
Keywords: Energy Costs - Renewables pricing / tariffs
Countries: UK -
Milestone source: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/widening-eligibility-for-renewable-electricity-cost-relief-schemes
Milestone type: Consultation/call for evidence
Sector: Energy demand and use - Renewables -
Organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Subjects: Renewables, Energy policy, Energy costs
