Environment Agency (greenhouse gas emissions) charging scheme
From the 1 April 2025 you must pay the Environment Agency (greenhouse gas emissions) charges for 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.
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Details
This publication provides details on charges relating to:
- permit and emissions monitoring plan applications
- subsistence
- transfer, surrender and revocation
- allocation from new entrant reserve
- determination
- UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Registry and National Registry
The charges apply to England except for registry administration charges which apply to the UK.
Charges under this scheme increase annually on 1 April by a sum not exceeding any increase in the Consumer Prices Index published by the Office for National Statistics.
You get information on how to pay when you apply or in your annual invoice. Or you can contact your regulator (the Environment Agency in England).
Updates to this page
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Updated the charging scheme for 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. Updated the project activity charges in paragraph 24 to reflect an inflationary increase of 1.7%
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Added the charging scheme for 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. We have changed references for ‘Registry’ to ‘UK ETS Registry or National Registry’. In the UK ETS Registry and National Registry, we have introduced a new charge for surrendering allowances.
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Added the charges for 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
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Added the Environment Agency (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Charges for 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
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Added Environment Agency (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Charges for 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
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Amended from 2021 Version 2.0 to 2022 Version 3. Under 12. Charge for allocation from new entrant reserve, added paragraph 12A Charge for increase to emissions target. Under 13, added subparagraph (b) Charge for the determination for reportable activity level in the event a verified activity level report is not submitted. Under 16B, added a subparagraph (2).
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First published.