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Carbon price floor: support and certainty for low-carbon investment

Seeking views to provide greater support and certainty to the price of carbon in the power sector to encourage investment in low-carbon electricity generation.

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk

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The Chancellor announced in the Budget 2011 the introduction of a carbon price floor from 1 April 2013. This is the first step to wider reform of the electricity market.

This set out the Government’s proposal to provide greater support and certainty to the price of carbon in the power sector to encourage investment in low-carbon electricity generation.

Documents

Carbon price floor: support and certainty for low-carbon investment (PDF 1.2MB)application/pdf Regulatory impact assessment (PDF 470KB)application/pdf Climate change levy: consultation draft (PDF 137KB)application/pdf Explanatory note for draft clause and schedule: carbon price support rates (PDF 76KB)application/pdf Responses A - B (PDF 6.5MB)application/pdf Responses C (PDF 6.5MB)application/pdf Responses D - E (PDF 11 MB)application/pdf Responses F - I (PDF 6MB)application/pdf Responses J - R (PDF 5MB)application/pdf Responses S (PDF 17MB)application/pdf Responses T - Y (PDF 3MB)application/pdf Government response to the carbon price floor consultationapplication/pdf