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The CMA has published its Green Claims Code to help businesses comply with consumer law and has warned that companies must ensure their environmental claims comply by New Year.

BEIS’s impact assessment of the Greeen Gas Levy suggests that the initial levy will be around £1.40 per gas meter point.

The government launched a consultation on 16 August to explore the extent of ‘greenwashing’ in the retail energy sector. This comes amid concerns that energy suppliers could be overstating the environmental benefits of their green electricity tariffs.

Joint research by the British Chambers of Commerce and telecommunications company O2 found that, of over 1,000 businesses surveyed in the UK, only 11% are measuring their carbon footprint.

The call for evidence focuses on the following types of TPIs: Price Comparison Website; auto-switching and auto-recommendation services; bill-splitters; brokers and consultants; and load controllers who can control or impact customer energy usage using communication networks.

BEIS and Ofgem are consulting on proposals for a Future System Operator (FSO) fully independent from National Grid.

The Department for Transport (DfT) published the long-awaited Transport Decarbonisation Plan on 14 July, setting out new targets.

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) published a pair of reports, Progress in adapting to climate change and Progress in reducing emissions, to Parliament on 24 June.

A report released by National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has found that GB’s electricity network is on track to becoming fossil fuel free by 2025.