The CRC Performance League Table (PLT) was replaced by the Annual Report Publication (ARP) from the compliance year 2012-13 and the Environment Agency (EA) published the first ARP in November 2013 (https://www.gov.uk/crc-energy-efficiency-scheme-annual-report-publication).
For future ARPs DECC and the DAs would like to take the opportunity to consider developing the ARP in order to:
• support the operation and success of the CRC scheme;
• provide transparency of participants take up of cost-effective energy efficiency measures to act as a reputational driver for energy efficiency; and
• be in line with the Government's transparency agenda enabling publication of data held by Government (including arm's length public bodies like the EA) which is not commercially sensitive for third parties to use.
Please note the Government is not proposing any changes to the volume of data collected under the CRC or any further action by participants, merely how the data held by the regulator should be best published and in what format. We are seeking the views of participants on what they believe is reasonable to meet the aim of enhancing the current ARP within the current CRC scheme rules.
Having read the discussion paper on the DECC CRC webpages (www.gov.uk/crc-energy-efficiency-scheme) which sets out further thinking on these issues, your views on the following questions are welcomed.