How are charities affected by the CRC?
A. The statement in the CRC Users Guide advises that ‘the scheme covers participants’ direct and indirect emissions of carbon dioxide from energy consumption. Energy consumption is the consumption of supplies of electricity or gas and the consumption of certain other fuels but only insofar as the consumption related to the conduct of a business, a public function or a charitable function. Therefore it must be assumed that charities who have a Half Hourly meter and consumed 6,000MWh of electricity in 2008 would be covered by the CRC.
