Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the decision to replace net demand with gross demand in calculating Capacity Market charges for suppliers.

The decision to change the basis for calculating the Capacity Market Supplier Charge from being based on net demand to being based on gross demand was published on 22 March 2017 in the Government’s response following its consultation on various proposed amendments to Rules and Regulations that govern the Capacity Market. An assessment of the impact of the change from net to gross was contained in an Analytical Annex to the Government Response.[1]

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/capacity-market-proposals-to-simplify-and-improve-accessibility-in-future-capacity-auctions