Uk Carbon Floor Price 2017
France will set a carbon price floor of about 30 33 95 a tonne in its 2017 finance bill as the government seeks to kickstart broader european action to cut emissions and drive forward last.
Uk carbon floor price 2017. The mechanism set a target carbon price the floor reaching 30 tonne in 2020 and 70 tonne in 2030 which would be met by levying a top up tax the carbon price support cps. The future of uk carbon pricing audiences. The uk floor price is set at 18 pounds 24 per tonne until 2021. 2nd floor victoria 2 1 victoria street london sw1h 0et email.
This notice contains information about the carbon price floor. This was extended to 2021 in budget 2016. There have been repeated calls for longer term clarity on carbon pricing and the cpf. The carbon price floor cpf is a uk government policy implemented to support the eu emissions trading system eu ets.
Dated april 2017 replaces the. The uk government introduced the carbon price floor in 2013 as part of a suite of policies within its electricity market reform emr framework. 2 from 2016 to 2020 to limit the competitive disadvantage faced by business and reduce energy bills for consumers. The climate change levy ccl and carbon price floor cpf bulletin is updated every 6 months it contains statistics and analysis on ccl and cpf receipts and declarations in the uk.
The carbon price floor cpf is a uk government policy implemented to support the eu emissions trading system eu ets. Carbon price support component of the floor price would be capped at a maximum of 18 per tonne co. It stands at 18 25 per ton of carbon dioxide emitted in producing electricity. The cpf affects the price of carbon in the uk electricity generation market by taxing the.
In 2017 the treasury recouped 1billion in cpf tax receipts. British power companies pay the difference between the eu price and the uk. This consultation will be of particular interest to individual companies and representatives of industrial power and aviation sectors with obligations under the eu ets and environmental groups. Following the implementation of the carbon price floor in the uk the.
The carbon tax or the carbon floor price as policymakers refer to it was introduced in 2013. The eu carbon price is around 7 euros 8 a tonne.