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ECA viewpoint – Placing customers first means scrapping embedded benefits

Sep 20, 2016

Embedded generators and the suppliers who contract them are currently exempt from payment of GB transmission charges. As both charges and the volume of embedded generation has grown this has created distortions to efficient dispatch and within the capacity market, raising regulatory concerns. In this piece we argue these distortions are a result of charging arrangements inadequately reflecting the security of supply service the transmission network provides. READ ECA VIEWPOINT HERE