Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation to include electricity used for electric vehicle charging.
Answered by Keir Mather
In 2025, the Government published and responded to a call for evidence on the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO). In that review, which included a specific question on whether the RTFO should support renewable electricity for road transportation, the Government concluded that including renewable electricity in the scheme would be highly complex and require significant additional policy development to fully understand the implications of such an expansion. The Government keeps all options under review in how best to support the continued rollout of public electric vehicle charge points as the UK transitions to EVs.
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