Report: Cost of expanded winter capacity auction could triple

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Green Alliance warns cost of upcoming capacity market auction could soar as government focuses on expanding combined cycle gas turbine power plants rather than boosting flexibility

The government's upcoming capacity market auction is set to cost consumers three times as much as last year's, as a bid to deliver more capacity threatens to push up the clearing price of the auction,...

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