The government announced the Climate Change Levy (CCL) scheme will be extended until March 2025. The scheme has now reopened to new entrants allowing businesses that have not signed up to save up to 92% on CCL tax, if they carry out one of the many eligible processes.
CCL is a tax paid by most businesses on their energy invoices and can account for a big part of their utility bill. The NFU CCL scheme enables operators in three sectors to get a discount where they use energy in the defined eligible processes for that sector which can be summarised as:
Businesses that sign Climate Change Agreements receive a discount on CCL charged on energy bills in return for meeting energy efficiency targets. We’ve saved our sectors £millions on CCL since the introduction of the scheme in 2001.
Alongside carrying out the eligible process mentioned above, the following criteria must be met too:
In return you will be required to complete a two year report at each target period, submitting energy and production data, to evaluate whether your business has become more energy efficient.
Meeting the target allows your business to continue claiming CCL relief until March 2025.
Call our CCL team on 024 7669 6512 to discuss how we can help you.
At the end of each 2-year target period you must make a data return to the Environment Agency (EA) to prove your level of energy efficiency. Complete your Data Return for 2019 and 2020 now.
Our online CCL calculator can help you determine how much CCL tax you are paying. Simply enter your annual consumption and see how much you could save by joining the NFU CCL scheme.
While the current scheme has now been extended to March 2025, the Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is currently considering options for the future. We'll update this page when further information becomes available.
