The UK government has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the capacity market following the reinstatement of state aid approval for the market last year by the European Commission.
The consultation will be open until 11.45pm local time on the 2 March.
A number of improvements to the design of the capacity market have been made to “reflect recent market and regulatory developments”, the government said.
Views are sought on five out of the six proposals, as well as a review of the exclusion from the market of plants with long-term STOR (short-term operating reserve) contracts and several other minor improvements, it said.
The proposals include lowering of the minimum capacity threshold for participating in the auctions, participation rules for new types of capacity, access to long-term agreements, volume of capacity to be secured in the year-ahead auction, and compliance with the new Electricity Regulation (EU 2019/943) in particular the implementation of carbon emissions limits.
A separate call for evidence on proposals to implement the sixth commitment on enabling the direct participation of foreign capacity will be made in due course.