More than 9,000 organisations forced to count their kilowatt hours

Jessica Shankleman
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Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme to save £1.6bn but government refuses to give automatic approval to Carbon Trust Standard

About 9,400 large enterprises will be required to calculate their energy use from next year under a major new scheme being rolled out by the government that aims to slash power costs and carbon emissions...

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