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Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme –

obligation or opportunity?

Brief views from a legal perspective

Stuart Urquhart, TLT

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ESOS obligations/opportunities for lawyers

• Disappointing for lawyers, not so bad for business

generally

• No onerous obligations to implement audit

recommendations

• Light touch approach to implementing EU directive

• Relatively limited penalty regime

• Some crumbs for lawyers

• Overlap with, but not same as, Carbon Reduction

Commitment e.g. landlord to tenant supplies

• Scope of coverage – group company structures

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Future legal developments/opportunities?

• Energy Performance Contracting

• Renewed focus?

• Guidance this summer

• Landlord/tenant "split incentive" issues

• Focus in context of commercial rooftop PV

• Read across to energy efficiency?

• Green Deal

• Revisiting of "Golden Rule" re FITs/RHI

• Package with microgeneration?

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Further information

• Stuart Urquhart

• 0117 917 7810

• stuart.urquhart@tltsolicitors.com

• Bill Hull

• 0117 917 7808

• bill.hull@tltsolicitors.com

• www.tltsolicitors.com

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Thank you