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The energy sector is fast-paced and ever changing. Are you up-to-date with the latest changes in energy regulation and policy– and have a sense of what’s on the horizon?

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The legislated policy is to reach Net Zero by 2050. We have dedicated subtopics for legal teams – renewable electricity subsidies and embedded benefits, projects for solar, onshore wind, and offshore renewable projects.

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Associated legal terms

DfT

Department for Transport (see also definition of RMTT)

Dual Use

Civil nuclear related goods, information, software and technology that could be used for developing a nuclear weapon.

EMR

Electricity Market Reform: The programme of reform to the wholesale electricity market initiated by the White Paper Planning our electric future: a White Paper for secure, affordable and low-carbon electricity published in July 2011. The EMR proposals have altered during the process of consultation and pre-legislative scrutiny, but the four key proposals are: (a) the introduction of Contracts for Difference (CfD) Feed-in Tariffs to replace premium Feed-in Tariffs for medium to large-scale renewable energy generating stations, including nuclear, under which a generator will enter a long-term contract based on a pre-determined "strike price" and will receive variable payments to ensure it receives the agreed tariff; (b) a Capacity Market through which the total amount of back-up capacity needed to ensure security of supply will be bought through a central competitive auction conducted by the National System Operator a number of years in advance; (c) an Emissions Performance Standard to apply to all new fossil fuel power stations over 50MW which will place a limit on the amount of CO2 emitted to a maximum of 450gCO2/kWh; and (d) a Carbon Price Floor (introduced through provisions in the Finance Act 2011) which consists of EU ETS price and the Carbon Support Price. The Carbon Price Floor was originally intended to raise the price of carbon to around £15.70/t CO2 in 2013 to £30/t CO2 in 2020. In 2014 however the UK Government announced that the Carbon Support Price element would be capped at £18t/tCO2 until 2020 which has subsequently been extended until 2021.

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