| Paper number |
Title |
Audience (‘Op’ = Operator, ‘SA’ = sector association) |
Purpose |
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Index paper
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SA/Op
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Explains the aim and content of the guidance papers
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Introduction
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SA/Op
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Provides a general introduction to CCAs including essential guidance on how to apply for a new CCA
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Guidance on eligibility through IPPC criteria – definitions of installation and directly associated activities (DAAs)
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Op
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Outlines the eligibility criteria for IPPC processes and DAAs. Also includes industry examples of stationary technical units, and linked DAAs. Examples of linked processes that are not eligible are included
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Guidance on eligibility through the energy intensity criteria
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SA/Op
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Aimed specifically at companies and sectors eligible to join an energy intensive (EI) CCA. Provides guidance on eligibility criteria for EI sectors and new entrants
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Guidance on setting up hybrid targets
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SA/Op
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Explains how to set up new targets where there are eligible IPPC and EI processes on the same site. Includes worked examples
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How to set up 90/10
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SA/Op
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Explains the basis of the 90/10 rule and how to apply it
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Procedures for entrants and exits
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SA/Op
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Explains the procedures for making changes to umbrella and underlying agreements
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Calculating and claiming discount – Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) forms
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Underlying participant’s agreement
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Op
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Generic underlying agreement, which specifies the targets for each participant
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Underlying participant’s agreement
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Op
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Generic underlying EI agreement, which specifies the targets for each participant
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Applicant’s eligibility form
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Op
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To be completed by applicants with facilities previously included in a CCA
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Applicant’s eligibility form
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Op
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To be completed by applicants subject to IPPC criteria
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Applicant’s eligibility form
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Op
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To be completed by applicants subject to EI criteria
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Supporting analysis form
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Op
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Form to be completed for each supplier account and commodity a participant wishes to claim Climate Change Levy (CCL) discount on, to send to the energy supplier, copied to HMRC, (in conjunction with PP11)
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Supplier’s certificate
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Op
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Certificate to be completed for each supplier account and commodity a participant wishes to claim Climate Change Levy (CCL) discount on, to send to the energy supplier, copied to HMRC
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Reporting baseline conditions
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Calculating trading group targets
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SA
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Explains how to calculate trading group targets, with examples
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Measuring energy consumption
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Op
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Explains how operators should measure energy consumption. Includes advice on meter reading and dealing with errors and missing data
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Accounting for renewables
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Op
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Explains how to account for renewable energy in CCAs and defines the eligible technologies
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Guidance note on CHP
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Op
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Explains how to account for the use of CHP including a method for self-assessment
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Guidance on auditing for SAs and operators
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SA/Op
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Explains what information SAs or operators have to keep for audit purposes
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Reporting at target periods
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Climate Change Agreements and emissions trading
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SA
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Explains how to assess facility and sector performance, and manage reconciliation. Explains trading and risk-management options, plus verification arrangements for associations and operators with a surplus to convert into saleable emissions trading (ET) allowances
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Group verification under UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
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SA
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Gives an example of a standard data template, primarily for group verification by the sector association
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Guidance on reporting and adjusting sector and target unit (TU) targets
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SA
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Explains how operator and sector targets are adjusted for carbon trading, and how to account for facilities joining or leaving an Agreement
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Reporting at target periods
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Guidance on how to apply risk-management options (relevant constraints)
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Op
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Explains how to deal with relevant constraints and how to account correctly for them
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Accounting for the overlap between EU ETS and CCAs
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Op
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Explains how to account for EU ETS overlap in CCA reconciliation
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Guidance on completing target period spreadsheet CCA10
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SA/Op
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Explains how to complete the spreadsheet, to record operator and sector performance at each target period. There are likely to be modifications to the CCA10 spreadsheet before each target period to accommodate changes such as the EU ETS overlap
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Adjustment for fall in throughput for absolute targets
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SA/Op
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Explains the adjustments necessary for operators and sectors with absolute targets, if their throughput falls by 10 percent or more
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Handling structural change
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SA/Op
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Explains how changes to operators can affect CCA targets and what to do when these changes occur. Also explains how to establish or change targets when target units change
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Termination form for ‘Option 2’ agreement holders
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SA/Op
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To be completed when a facility is no longer within a CCA, either by choice, or for failing to report data
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Termination form for ‘Option 3’ agreement holders
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SA/Op
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As above
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Variation form for ‘Option 2’ agreement holders
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SA/Op
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To be completed to notify DECC of any changes to an existing agreement (see CCA-E01)
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Variation form for ‘Option 3’ Agreement holders
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Sa/Op
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As above
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Conversion factors and procedures
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SA/Op
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Contains essential background information on calorific and carbon conversion factors for different fuels, and procedures for calculating targets
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