Regulating energy for the protection of the environment

摘要

SEPA is all about regulation to support business and communities by protecting the environment SEPA intends to be as far as possible on the cutting edge of good regulatory practice by developing and using the state-of-the-art toolkit that the Regulatory Reform Scotland Act will provide. We at the Agency believe that the purpose of environmental regulation is not simply to implement a set of rigid rules but to use regulation the better to protect the essential resources and services our environment provides and, where possible, to change behaviours. That belief applies equally to the regulation of energy to protect the environment in the broadest sense.