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.

All participants are required to register for the CRC by the end of September 2010. However, the scheme administrators have indicated that the process of checking identities will need to be carried before any organisation can successfully register for the scheme, and participants should allow at least two weeks for this to happen.

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,

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 Climate Change Agreement

Non-mandatory half-hourly meters

Kilowatt hours

EU Emissions Trading Scheme

The Energy Systems Trade Association

Department for Communities and Local Government