The government’s plans to prevent future Contracts for Difference winners from receiving top-up payments when power prices fall below zero may have “significant unintended consequences”, Frontier Economics has warned. The consultancy said the use of the day-ahead market as a reference price would create an artificial incentive for generators to sell their power on the intraday and balancing markets. Utility Week speaks to the report's co-author Dan Roberts.
CfD rule change may have ‘significant unintended consequences’
