Both public and private sector organisations must make an information disclosure under CRC if they had one or more half hour electricity meter at any time during 2008.

The Carbon Trust Standard essentially requires an organisation to calculate its carbon footprint (including transport), demonstrate absolute or relative reduction in carbon emissions by more than 2.5 percent per year, and demonstrate good carbon management.

Within the carbon reduction commitment, energy consumption is divided into 'core sources' and 'non-core sources'.

Core sources will typically include all electricity and non-transport fuel those provided as a constant supply and invoiced on a regular or monthly basis. It will be mandatory for all organisations to report their core sources of energy,

Within the carbon reduction commitment, energy consumption is divided into 'core sources' and 'non-core sources'.

Core sources will typically include all electricity and non-transport fuel those provided as a constant supply and invoiced on a regular or monthly basis. It will be mandatory for all organisations to report their core sources of energy,

The carbon reduction commitment (CRC) will be exempt from organisations that have more than 25% of their energy and emissions covered by a climate change agreement (CCA). However, these organisations will still be required to register under the CRC in order to set out their legal position.

Organisations will be required to participate in the carbon reduction commitment, if their total half hourly metered electricity exceeds 6,000 MWh from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008. For the purpose of determining the scheme qualification, the government has proposed that the definition of "half hourly metering" will include all meters that monitor electricity consumption on a half hourly basis. To this end, half hourly metering will include voluntary automatic meters that produce half hourly data.

Independent (writer) schools will be required to enter into the carbon reduction commitment if their highest parent organisation consumes more than 6000 MWh of half hourly metered electricity per year. Electricity consumption within private schools will not be included in any local authority involvement in the carbon reduction commitment.

Under the carbon reduction commitment, local authorities will be held legally and financially responsible for state funded schools within their geographical area. As such, the CRC aims to increase energy management practice between local authorities and the schools that fall under their umbrella.

Under the carbon reduction scheme, local authorities will be responsible for reporting at least 90% of their total emissions, including state-funded schools and academies.

Indicator 185, of the new Local Government Performance Framework in England, will require schools to provide their local authority with the necessary emissions data to fulfil this obligation.

The statutory local government performance indicator EEF/001a will require schools in Wales to report their emissions data to their local authority.

The government has proposed that state-funded schools (including academies) within Great Britain, will participate within the carbon reduction commitment scheme under the umbrella of their local authority. In doing so, it is the carbon footprint of the local authority that will be legally and financially responsible for participation in the carbon reduction commitment scheme, rather than the individual schools.

It is also the local authority that will be positioned within the carbon reduction commitment, rather than the individual schools.