How does the CRC apply to different types of organisational structures?
In the private sector: • The CRC applies to groups of companies, so you need to identify the parent company and its subsidiaries by applying the definitions of “parent undertaking” and “subsidiary undertaking” in the Companies Act 2006. The Group will participate together as a single Participant, unless it is able to “disaggregate” any of its large subsidiaries (known as Significant Group Undertakings (SGUs)). Disaggregated SGUs will participate in the CRC as separate Participants. There will be a Primary Member who will liaise with the Administrator on behalf of the Group. This will be the Highest Parent Undertaking by default. • The CRC also applies to JVs, PFIs, PPPs and franchises. • If the Highest Parent Undertaking of a Group is based outside the UK, but any of the members of that Group are responsible for energy supplies in the UK (for example, through a UK-based subsidiary or office), the Group may be covered by the CRC and will have to nominate one its UK members as a Primary
