Uk Carbon Price Floor 2013
A guide to the uk carbon price floor.
Uk carbon price floor 2013. The uk already has a carbon tax. The future of uk carbon pricing audiences. This notice provides information about the carbon price floor introduced on 1 april 2013. It s known as the carbon price floor cpf and was introduced in 2013 since the carbon price being set by the eu emissions trading system eu ets wasn t high enough to have the required effect on emissions.
It stands at 18 25 per ton of carbon dioxide emitted in producing electricity. The carbon price floor cpf is a uk government policy implemented to support the eu emissions trading system eu ets. The government is announcing changes and further details about the carbon price floor cpf alongside publication of draft legislation. The carbon price floor was introduced in 2013 at a rate of 16 18 05 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent tco 2 e and was set to increase to 30 33 85 by 2020.
Published 30 april 2015 last updated 4 april 2017 see all updates. The carbon tax or the carbon floor price as policymakers refer to it was introduced in 2013. Carbon brief staff 19 11 2013 12 15pm. Green campaigners say it s a treasury money spinner with little effect on.
The tax point and taxable person. The cpf doesn t tax all fossil fuels just those used to generate electricity and it is paid by energy generators who will then pass on the price. The cpf affects the price of carbon in the uk electricity generation market by taxing the. However the government more recently decided to cap the carbon price floor at 18 08 20 40 till 2021.
These changes will come into effect from the start of the cpf on 1 april 2013. 12 15 unpopular but tenacious. 2nd floor victoria 2 1 victoria street london sw1h 0et email. Science unpopular but tenacious.
This notice contains information about the carbon price floor cpf which was introduced on 1 april 2013. This measure is designed to clarify how the cpf will operate with regards to. A guide to the uk carbon price floor. 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.