Union Protests Over Biomethane Levy
Proposals in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis)’s Consultation on a Green Gas Levy are for this to fall on fuel users. Beis said in the consultation that using the levy to fund the green gas scheme would lead to carbon savings of 21.6m tonnes of CO2 equivalent and boost green jobs by helping the biomethane industry to grow.
There would be a levy on licensed gas suppliers and “we anticipate that suppliers will pass the costs of the levy onto gas bill payers in the domestic and non-domestic sectors,” Beis said.“Given that the benefits of decarbonization through green gas injection will be shared by all users of the gas grid, it is considered appropriate for gas users to fund the next stage of this transition.”
By Mark Smulian, MRW