The Irish Minister for Energy announced that Ireland would impose a carbon windfall levy at the start of the trading year in 2013 on large electricity generators who benefitted from the free carbon credits. They earned windfall profits at the expense of the consumer and the government wishes to recover these gains (www.breakingnews.ie, 2010)
References
www.breakingnews.ie, 2010. http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/energy-minister-to-introduce-carbon-windfall-levy-456436.html
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