Energy-intensive industries: exemption from indirect costs of the Contracts for Difference scheme

We’re proposing changes to the regulations that underpin the exemption of energy-intensive industries (EIIs) from indirect costs of the Contracts for Difference (CFD) scheme. We’re also consulting on options to recover over-exemptions from the indirect costs of the CFD, Renewables Obligation and Feed-in-Tariffs schemes.

Without intervention, there is a risk that EIIs face significant rises to their energy bills, placing them at a serious competitive disadvantage.

We’re seeking views from:

• legal and regulatory specialists
• trade associations
• energy intensive industries
• energy suppliers and providers
• others with an interest in the UK energy infrastructure