Renewable generators to pay back 'reconciliation' as gas crisis sees power prices rocket

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Electricity firms are in line for payments as the price of renewable energy soars
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Electricity firms are in line for payments as the price of renewable energy soars

Update confirms Contracts for Difference regime should deliver payments to energy suppliers from renewables generators

The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme will see renewable energy generators paying money back to electricity suppliers for the first time as part of reconciliation process triggered by the high wholesale...

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