United Kingdom

Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation

Last checked on 18 October 2026

In short

Does charging count?: No scheme for charging
Do measured kWh from a home charger count?: No
Since when?: There is no scheme for charging.

The scheme

Name: Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
Who earns: Nobody: electricity is not a fuel under the RTFO. A scheme that let charging count in 2019 and 2020, home charging included, was revoked on 1 January 2024.

Other rules for charging

Employer reimbursement of home charging: Reimbursing home electricity for a company car is free of income tax and National Insurance if it can be shown that it was only for that car; no meter or method is prescribed.
Other schemes and rules: A draft regulation would require a calibrated class B meter in every private charger from 31 December 2027 (Energy Smart Appliances Regulations, draft).

What Plugchoice does here

Plugchoice records each session per charger with kWh, as supporting evidence for an employer's reimbursement. Export as CSV, Excel or PDF is part of Plugchoice Plus, coming soon.

Carbon credits on Plugchoice

Sources

Energy Act 2004, section 132legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/20/section/132
RTFO statutory review, summary of responses and policy update (2025)assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68a3221650939bdf2c2b5e34/rtfo-statutory-review-and-the-future-of-the-scheme-summary-of-responses-and-policy-update.pdf