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This consultation ended 9 April 2025.

Consultation period:
12 February 2025 to 9 April 2025
Last updated:

Summary of outcome

Original consultation

The UK ETS Authority is seeking input on proposals for extending the UK ETS beyond the end of Phase I at midnight on 31 December 2030.

Consultation description

This fulfils the commitment made in December 2023 within the UK Emissions Trading Scheme long-term pathway to consult on the extension of the Scheme. This consultation proposes options and seeks views on: 

  • extending the UK ETS into a second phase from 1 January 2031 onward,
  • the length of a post-2030 Phase II,
  • whether to allow banking of emissions allowances (UKAs) between Phase I and a post-2030 Phase II of the Scheme.

This consultation is being held on GOV.UK