Exemptions from the requirement to hold a carbon dioxide transport and storage licence: call for evidence

The Energy Bill (2022) establishes a prohibition on providing a service of transporting carbon dioxide by pipeline and operating a geological storage site, without a transport and storage economic licence under Part 1, Clause 2 of the Bill. To ensure that the prohibition applied to operating a CO ₂ transport and storage network without a licence doesn’t impact activities which are not considered necessary or appropriate to economically regulate, Part 1, Clause 5 of the Bill allows the Secretary of State to make regulations to grant exemptions from this prohibition. This Call for Evidence will inform our policy and proposals relating to regulations on exemptions to be granted from the requirement to hold a carbon dioxide transport and storage licence. This will support the policy development of an effective transport and storage licence exemption regime to ensure it: is fit for purpose in this emerging landscap