Climate Change Levy
How to reduce your Carbon footprint and Reduce your Climate Change Levy.
Climate Change Levy
Introduced in 2001 as a way of encouraging energy efficiency, the Climate Change Levy (CCL) is a government tax on the use of energy by business.
The CCL affects most UK businesses and is applied at different rates, depending on the energy source:
- Electricity 0.43p/kWh
- Gas, coal, lignite and coke 0.15p/kWh
- Liquid petroleum gas (LPG) 0.07p/kWh
The levy is intended to be fiscally neutral with all the revenues collected recycled to businesses.
How does CCL affect my business?
This will depend on your level of energy consumption and number of employees.
Businesses with a relatively large number of employees, but which are low in energy consumption are likely to be better off than businesses with high energy consumption and low staff levels.
The only way to much reduce Your Carbon Footprint and Climate Change Levy is switching to greener methods of operating and by using the lastest Energy Star Equipment, This can in many cases reduce useage by up to 50%.
