Biofuels Watch: RE: [biofuelwatch] RTFO amended (splash and dash)

Saturday, November 15, 2008

RE: [biofuelwatch] RTFO amended (splash and dash)

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Apologies, on re-reading, this appears to be allowing pre-blended
fossil/biofuel mixes (ie pre-blended imports) to be eligible for RTFO
certificates and not to do with splash and dash. A.

> I believe that this effectively closes the 'splash and dash' loophole.
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> http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2008-11-13a.58.0&s=RTFO#g58.1
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> Written Ministerial Statements
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> Thursday, 13 November 2008
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> House of Lords
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> Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009
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> Lord Adonis <http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/?m=100839> (Minister of
> State, Department for Transport; Labour) | Hansard source
> <http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldhansrd/text/81113-w
> ms0001.htm#81113-wms0001.htm_spmin4>
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> I have today published an addendum to the Department for Transport
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_for_Transport> 's consultation
> on proposed amendments to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order
> 2007 (SI <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI> 3072) to slow down the rate
> of increase of the renewable transport fuel obligation (RTFO
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFO> ) and to add two new fuels to the
> renewable fuels eligible for certificates under the scheme, launched on
> 15 October. This addendum proposes additional amendments to rectify a
> discrepancy recently identified in the 2007 order and to delete
> provisions from the order as a consequence of changes to the Hydrocarbon
> Oil Duties Act 1979 made by the Finance Act
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finance_Act> 2008.
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> The discrepancy concerns the definition of relevant hydrocarbon oil in
> the order. This definition identifies the category of fossil fuel which
> must be taken into account when determining whether a supplier is
> subject to the RTFO and, if so, how many certificates showing supply of
> renewable fuel the supplier must produce. The intention was that the
> definition of relevant hydrocarbon oil should include fossil fuel that
> is blended with biodiesel or bioethanol as well as fossil fuel that is
> supplied unblended; this is how the order has been interpreted by the
> Renewable Fuels Agency
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_Fuels_Agency> and suppliers.
> However, the current drafting of the definition does not include fossil
> fuel that is blended with biodiesel or bioethanol before it passes the
> point at which the requirement to pay duty takes effect. This means that
> only fossil fuel that is supplied separately from biodiesel or
> bioethanol or is blended after it passes the duty point can be counted.
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> The addendum that I have published today proposes additional changes to
> the 2007 order to rectify this discrepancy so that the fossil fuel
> component of bioblend and bioethanol blend supplied from the beginning
> of the next RTFO obligation period, April 2009, will count towards the
> obligation. Due to the constraints of the primary legal powers, we will
> not be able to amend the order retrospectively to change the definition
> for this obligation year and the department is advising fuel suppliers
> of this fact.
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> The consultation period for the addendum is shorter than normal and ends
> on 17 December, the date when the consultation launched on 15 October
> ends. Any amendments to the RTFO order are subject to the affirmative
> resolution procedure and the shorter consultation period is necessary to
> ensure that the amendments can be included in a single draft order that
> can be laid and debated in Parliament before it is made to come into
> force in April 2009. The nature of the amendments is such that a shorter
> consultation period is appropriate. The amendments to deal with the
> discrepancy give effect to what was previously thought to be the meaning
> of the order and the other amendments are purely consequential and do
> not change the meaning of the order.
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> The content of this addendum does not affect any of the other issues
> that are the subject of the consultation launched on 15 October-
> proposals on slowing down the rate of increase of the RTFO and on the
> addition of two new eligible renewable fuels under the scheme. The
> Government remain committed to ensuring that UK
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK> biofuels policy promotes development
> of a sustainable biofuels industry, by proceeding with caution until the
> wider environmental and social impacts of biofuels are better
> understood.
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> Copies of the letter to stakeholders and attached addendum have been
> placed in the Libraries of both Houses and are available in the Vote
> Office and Printed Paper Office.
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