The UK’s capacity market for power plants has been put on hold and may have to be revamped following a ruling last week by the European Court of Justice.
The Luxembourg-based court ruled that the European Commission approved the scheme without carrying out a thorough investigation to fully assess its compatibility with EU state aid rules, and that the system may favour power plants over demand-side response (DSR) operators. UK transmission system operator National Grid announced shortly after the ruling...
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