What is happening to the CRC Scheme now?
The Government has closed the CRC energy efficiency scheme. For participants in the scheme, the final compliance year was 2018-19. The administrator (the Environment Agency) keeps a list of the participants in the CRC scheme. Participants had to inform the administrator of any change of address until the end of March 2022.
Final reporting and surrender of allowances
Organisations that qualified for the 2014-2019 phase of the scheme will have reported their emissions to the administrator for the last time by the end of July 2019, with a surrender of allowances for emissions from energy supplied in the 2018-2019 compliance year by the end of October 2019. Participants had to report to the administrator (the Environment Agency) any change of address, until the end of March 2022.
Keep your records
Participants in the 2014-2019 phase must maintain records/ evidence packs until 31 March 2025. Participants in the 2010-2014 phase had to maintain records until 1 April 2021.
The CRC regulators will continue to carry out compliance audits until 31 March 2025. If you are subject to a compliance audit, your evidence packs will be requested.
Access information regarding your account
You can communicate with the administrator about any account you once held. You can access information regarding the details of your account held in the registry as of the end of March 2022.
Surplus allowances and refunds
If you surrendered surplus allowances into the cancellation account, you can apply for a refund until the end of March 2025. If you held allowances in a compliance account at the end of March 2022, you can also apply for a refund until the end of March 2025.
See more detailed guidance
- GOV.UK: Closure guidance for participants
- DAERA NI: Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC)
Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting
Many businesses to which the CRC energy efficiency scheme applied must now report on their energy consumption and energy efficiency actions annually, as part of the annual director’s report. See more information in our page Why produce an environmental report?