CRC - MEUC

CRC
–
A
Strategic Stra
t tegic
AApproach
p pproac
h
The CRC
Ener Energy gy Efficiency
Scheme is now in full
swing, but many companies companiess
ccovered
overed
by its crit criteria eria
are
still gr grappling appling with rregistration,
egisstr
ation, and getting int into o
place the the processes
needed
dtto
ost stop op it being an
administrative administr ativ e nightmar nightmare ef e ffor
oor
oor
each year year’s s r reporting. eporting eporting.
If,
in 2008, your or organisation ganisatioon
had at least one
half hourly hourly electricity meter, meter
r,
then you will be
obliged tto
o rregister
egister
ffor
or the sscheme.
scheme. Ther There e was a
misconception
that if you aar
are e a user of under
6 million kWh you would be bee
eexempt,
xempt,
but this is not
the case, and up tto
o 30,000
0 businesses and public
sector
or organisations ganisations will ne need eed tto
o rregister
egister
by the
end of September
2010.
The delay in getting rregistered
egisteered
is not the rresult
esult
of laziness or a dismissive dismissivevview
view of the scheme.
A recent
surv survey ey we cconducted
onduc cted
at a series of
seminars i with ith Boar BBoard
dl d le level vel
l e eexecutives
xecutiv
ti es acr across oss
London
showed that 60% f
feel eel the scheme will
give
them ccompetitive
ompetitive
adv advantage aantage
and a staggering
74% wer were e cconfident
onfident that th the he scheme would
reduce
their carbon cconsumption.
onsummption.
The desir desire etto
o
get the most most fr from om the sche scheme eme is str strong, ong, but 58%
of rrespondents
espondents stat stated ed that
pr preparations eparations
ffor
or the
scheme had been tougher
tthan
than they eexpected.
xpected.
So once you hav have e establish established hed that your business
is is ccovered
overed
by the scheme aand
and you need tto
o pr prepare epare
for for
rregistration
egistration
by Sept September embber
2010, what is the
best way tto
o appr approach oach the scheme sscheme
and what ar are e
the chief considerations?
Fr FFrom
om our eexperience,
xperience,
here
ar are e our ttop
op tips on nav navigating vigating phase one of
the scheme scheme and making making sure surr
e it doesn’t bec become ome a
distraction
fr from om your ccore
orebbusiness:
business:
Strategic
cconsiderations
onsiderations
Allow plenty of time – If yo you ou hav have e not alr already eady
started
planning, you now hhav
have e less than thr three ee
months months to toccomplete
omplete
the rregistration
eggistration
pr process. ocess.
Being structur structured ed and or organised ganised
is the only way tto
o
reduce
err errors ors and av avoid oid hig high h implementation ccosts,
osts,
so so start start today
and get a bo board oardle
level vel
sponsor sponsor. .
Could Could the CRC CRC
Ener Energy gy Effic Efficiency iency Scheme eff effect ect
your rreputation?
eputation? – It is incr increasingly eeasingly
important that
a a company’s
br brand and is seen
by its stak stakeholders eholders and
customers,
as a ‘gr ‘green een br brand’. an nd’ . The most ob obvious vious
mechanism mechanism ffor
or measuring a ccompany
ompany against its
competitors
on this issue wwill
will be via the league
table. So, a str strategy ategy
should
d ccover
over
how success
will be eexploited
xpploited
tto
o the business’ adv advantage, antage,
but equall equally y ccompanies
ompanies should anticipat anticipate, e, and be
e
pr prepared epared
f
for, or,
any failing that the CR CRC C league tab table ble
will show.
In Involve volvettenants
enants
– If you hav have ettenants
enants or
fr franchisees anchiseees
engage with them in pr preparing eparing ffor
or tthe
the
scheme. TThis
This not only spr spreads eads the workload, bu but ut
it is in the their eir int interests erests
ffor
or the ccompany
ompany tto
o perf perform orm m
well, as sa savings avings as well as ccosts
osts will aff affect ect their
r
businesse businesses. es.
Cashflow
f ffor
or allowances – Astr A str strategy at egy f
for or the
scheme nneeds
eeds tto
o cconsider
onsider the cash rrequirements
equirements
tto
o pur purchase chas se and sell CCO2
O2 allowances during the
e
lat later er phas phases. ses. If your business is ccovered
overed
by
the league
e table element of the scheme, your
perf performance orman nce in
this
will
hav have e a
dir direct ect impact
on
the
buying an and d selling of allowances.
PPhase
hase
oone
n ne
ttactical
actical
cconsiderations
onsiderations
Understan Understand nd the structur structure e of the business – It is
s
helpful tto
o dr draw aw up an initial view of the gr group, oup, iits
ts
assets an and d ener energy gy supplies in or order der tto
o de develop velop
astr a strategy. ategy
gy y. y Use this and back background gr g ound inf information ormation n
on the sch scheme heme tto
o pr present esent tto
o the boar board. d. If you
hav have e strug struggled ggled tto
o get carbon rreduction
eduction ont onto o the
e
Boar Boardroom droomm
agenda, you will find a vital ally in
the CR CRC CEEner
Energy gy Efficiency Scheme. No boar board dof of f
dir directors ectors
wwould
would welc welcome ome its or organisation ganisation being
positioned
d at the bott bottom om of the public carbon
rreduction
eduction league table, particularly when it can
actually rreduce
eeduce
its ener energy gy use and sav save e money money. .
Ev Even en if yo your our or organisation ganisation does need tto
o mak make eaa
financial in investment, nvestment,
a bonus paid thr through ough the
league tab table ble syst system em will mak make e this worthwhile.
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the numbers - The ne
next xt st step ep is f
formal orma al
ccollection
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task based
dar around ound the or organisation ganisation structur structure ean and nd
the ener energy gy
met meters ers and cconsumptions.
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ffound
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or Inf Information ormation
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we ensure ensur e our cust customers’ omers’ syst systems ems ar are e int integrated egrateed
ttogether
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or this pr process. ocess.
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The Early
AAction Action i MMetric Metric i ddeliv delivers li ers equal l wweighting
weighting i h i of f vvoluntary
oluntary l
AMR and carbon accr accreditation editationn
which can aff affect ect
the rranking
anking tto
o such an eextent
xtent
that nearly 2%
of your annual ener energy gy ccosts
osts wwill
will be sav saved. ed. The
pr process ocess is simple – in principle
e at least - install
AMR met meters ers on all supplies wwhere
here
AMR is not
mandat mandatory ory and apply successf successfully fully ffor
or accr accreditation editation
under Carbon TTrust
rust Standar Standard d ( (or equiv equivalent) alent) ffor
or
ener energy gy and carbon manageme management. ent.
Once you ar are e rregistered
egistered
and aactiv
active e in the scheme
its ont onto o phase two, our ne next xt aarticle
article will highlight
the ne next xt st steps eps p on fforecasting,
orecasting,
g pur ppurchasing
chasing g of CCO2
O2
allowances and rreporting.
eporting.
Please view this link to
hear more
fr from om Power
Efficiency Efficiency
on CR CRC C www.power
www.powerefficiency.co.uk/crcinterview
efficiency.co.uk/crcinterview
Power
Efficiency Lt Ltd, d,
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Sidcup, up,
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ccontact
ontact Bobby Colli Collinson inson please email:
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bobby.collinson@po
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