Five things you need to know if you havent complied with ESOS yet
1. Do you need to Comply?
⁃ Confirm whether at 31st December 2014 whether your organisation met the large undertaking criteria; employed 250 or more people (people not FTE) or had an annual turnover >£38,937,777 & annual balance sheet total of >£3
2. Decide route?
⁃ ESOS assessment via an energy audit methodology is best
⁃ You need to appoint a registered ESOS assessor to oversee and sign off prior to submission
3. Data Collection
⁃ Are you able to collect verifiable data for buildings, processes and transport?
4. Deadline extension…
⁃ There is a deadline extension sort of … its not called an extension and can’t legally be but if you show the intent to submit your ESOS findings you can buy your self some time.
⁃ YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS AND REGISTER COMPLIANCE BY 29th JANUARY 2016 TO AVOID ENFORCEMENT
5. Enforcement
⁃ fixed penalty for not registering compliance £5,000 + £500 per day until notification
⁃ failure to undertake an energy audit £50,000 + £500 per day until remedied
⁃ Also the EA are able to name and shame non-compliant organisations
