New licence condition proposed to reduce balancing costs

Ofgem has proposed a new licence condition for generators as its preferred option to reduce balancing costs following the record-high prices seen in the Balancing Mechanism last winter. The licence condition would prohibit generators from gaining “excessive benefit” after submitting a zero-megawatt physical notification to National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO).

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