On the 8th October, 2015 the Environment Agency published its approach to enforcement of ESOS in its Enforcement and Sanctions Guidance.
Some key points to note from the newsletter from organisations that have to comply with ESOS are:
- The legislation hasn’t changed. The deadline date is still 5th December, 2015.
- The Environment Agency as the regulators have the “ability to exercise discretion when taking enforcement” although it’s important to note they do not guarantee to be lenient for those who miss the deadline date.
- For those organisations that make late notifications the Environment Agency expects them to “keep records in their evidence pack of their efforts towards ESOS compliance, including appointment of a lead assessor, prior to the deadline.” This highlights the importance of hiring en ESOS assessor and keeping records before the deadline date if you’re likely to miss the deadline date but looking for leniency.
Click here to view the full newsletter from the Environment Agency.
We still have auditing available days available between now and 5th December across our team of 8 energy auditors in order to help organisations yet to being working towards ESOS compliance.
Contact us today on 0844 875 1600 to speak to our ESOS lead assessor to discuss the best approach to compliance and to discuss a price for the required work.