Environment

#2026/214Sera Gazı Emisyonları Ticaret Sistemi Müzayede (Değişiklik) Yönetmelikleri 2026

🇬🇧United Kingdom··Statutory Instrument·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The 2026 amendment updates the minimum price for greenhouse gas emissions auctions to account for inflation since the scheme started. Starting January 1, 2027, this minimum price will automatically increase each year based on economic growth figures. This affects companies participating in the emissions trading scheme.

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Key Changes

  • Updated auction reserve price to reflect inflation since 2021.
  • Introduced automatic annual increase to the auction reserve price starting January 1, 2027.
  • Annual increase based on GDP deflator published by the Office for National Statistics.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Update the auction reserve price for greenhouse gas emissions auctions to reflect inflation since the scheme's introduction, effective immediately upon regulation coming into force

UK emissions trading scheme auction administrators
operational
high

Implement automatic annual uplift mechanism for auction reserve price starting January 1, 2027

UK emissions trading scheme auction administrators
operational
high

Calculate annual auction reserve price uplift using the annual GDP deflator figure published by the Office for National Statistics

UK emissions trading scheme auction administrators
operational
medium

Apply the automatically calculated reserve price uplift each year commencing January 1, 2027

Companies participating in the UK emissions trading scheme
operational

Affected Parties

Companies participating in the emissions trading scheme

Tags

greenhouse gas,emissions trading,auction