Commentary on Sections Part 2: Electricity Market Reform Chapter 8: Emissions performance standard Section 58: Introduction of carbon capture and storage: exemption from emissions limit
319.This section provides that a fossil-fuel plant that is equipped with carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be exempt from the emissions limit duty for a period of 3 years starting from the date when a complete CCS system (capture, transport and storage) is ready for use. The exemption is time-limited and available until the end of 2027.
320.Paragraph 4  of Schedule 4 allows the Secretary of State, when making regulations under section 57(6)(b) to be apply the exemption with modifications such that it can be applied to only those parts of a fossil fuel plant that are fitted with a complete CCS system.