Business Energy Users Survey - Winter 2008/09 - Moffatt Associates

npower Business Energy Index 2009npower Business Energy Index 20093.13 Where do you feel that reasonable reductions in carbon emissionscan best be achieved?ResponseBreakdown by number of employeesAll SMEs10-24Employees25 - 49Employees50 - 100Employees Midlands North ScotlandBreakdown by regionSouthEastSouthWestWalesMEU specific questions3.14 Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)(a) Would your business/operation be affected by the new CRC?Households 6.47 6.24 6.38 7.21 6.03 6.53 6.53 7.03 6.30 6.17ResponsePercentageMotorists 6.78 6.90 6.49 6.89 5.87 7.13 7.10 6.70 6.37 7.40Smallbusiness5.50 5.34 5.49 5.92 5.10 5.50 5.90 5.43 5.37 5.70Yes 73%No 27%LargeBusinessGovernment/public sector7.51 7.41 7.57 7.68 6.77 7.65 7.73 7.73 7.30 7.777.72 7.68 7.59 8.03 6.87 7.65 8.30 7.90 8.03 7.53•73% of MEUs now indicated that they will be affectedby CRC; this has increased from 68% in 2007.(On a scale of 1-10, where 1 = not important up to 10 = extremely important)(a) If yes, are you ready to participate in the scheme when it launches in 2010?••SMEs believe that reasonable emissions reductionscan best be achieved in the government/public sector(7.72), with large business not far behind (7.51).Households and motorists were also consideredimportant but within small companies themselvesit was felt the potential for savings were not assignificant.ResponsePercentageYes 75%No 25%• Of those involved in the CRC, 75% of MEUs nowfeel they are ready to participate when the schemelaunches.Are you ready to participate in the new CRC scheme when itlaunches in 2010. If not, why not?Selected comments“[We] haven’t had the chance to finish the work.”“The legislation isn’t formalised until 12 monthsfrom now so we don’t know what to prepare for.What level do we drill down to - is it up to eachindividual?”“Too busy trying to survive.”“We still need to calculate our allowances,it is another cost to be managed.”4849