Consultation on energy intensive cost exemptions

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy is consulting on widening the eligibility for energy intensive industries for exemption from the indirect costs of the renewable electricity support schemes.  Consultation closes 7^th September. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/widening-eligibility-for-renewable-electricity-cost-relief-schemes. Consultation covers aspects such as:

• whether there is evidence of potential competitive distortions as a result of the current eligibility threshold for the renewable electricity cost exemption schemes
• to what percentage should the current threshold of 20% electricity intensity be lowered – 17%, 15% or 10% – in order to address the distortions
• if the threshold is lowered, how should the cost on non-eligible consumers be minimised
• how should money recovered from over-exempted EIIs be redistributed
• how operation of the exemption schemes might be improved.Consultation on widening