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Emissions Performance Standard Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 933 of 2015).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Energy
Keyword
Air quality/air pollution Emissions Enforcement/compliance Environmental fees/charges Environmental standards Pollution control Standards Protection of environment Energy conservation/energy production Renewable energy Nuclear energy Subsidy/incentive Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
These Regulations shall come into force in accordance with regulation 1.
Abstract

These Regulations concern emission limits as defined in Chapter 8 of Part 2 of the Energy Act 2013. That Chapter imposes a duty (emissions limit duty) on operators of fossil fuel plant granted planning consent on or after 18th February 2014, to ensure that its annual emissions of carbon dioxide attributable to fossil fuels do not exceed an amount ("the emissions limit”) determined according to a formula set out in section 57(2) of the Act. The Regulations, among other things: define the application of emission limits; provide for modification of the emissions limit where particular conditions apply during a year; exempt from the emissions limit certain duty generating units; set out which emissions are relevant in determining whether a fossil fuel plant has breached the emissions limit duty.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Energy Act 2013 (2013 Cap. 32).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2013

Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Environmental standards, Pollution control, Standards, Protection of environment, Energy conservation/energy production, Renewable energy, Nuclear energy, Subsidy/incentive

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 1108 of 2016).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2016

Keyword: Renewable energy, Subsidy/incentive, Certification, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Environmental standards, Bioenergy, Biofuel, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX