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Foot(print)ing the bill

25 September 2009 / Malcolm Dowden
Issue: 7386 / Categories: Features , Property
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Organisations subject to the CRC must forecast their emissions and decide the amount of allowances they should purchase to cover them. Where allowances are exceeded more must be purchased from the scheme administrator or on the secondary market.

Organisations subject to the CRC must forecast their emissions and decide the amount of allowances they should purchase to cover them. Where allowances are exceeded more must be purchased from the scheme administrator or on the secondary market.

Organisations that reduce their energy use and remain within their allowances will be rewarded with a “recycling payment” based on their position in a league table devised by the scheme administrator.

Commentary and guidance for landlords on CRC and lease provisions that are beginning to circulate reflect traditional institutional assumptions. Their objective is to ensure that costs, including those relating to common parts, are passed on to tenants. Adherence to that approach is a recipe for litigation, and threatens to undermine the policy objectives of CRC.
Initial allocation of costs

CRC is an intensely bureaucratic process. Any attempt

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