Environment Agency
Details
The Environment Agency (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Charging Scheme 2021 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 Registry
It also sets out:
- who must pay the charge
- when payment must be made
The charges apply to England except for registry administration charges which apply to the UK.
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).
The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation charges and National Registry charges relating to the UKs participation in the Kyoto Protocol apply from 4 November 2021.
Charges under this scheme increase annually on 1 April in line with any increase in the Consumer Prices Index published by the Office for National Statistics. See Environment Agency (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Charges for 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.