On capacity and procedures

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Andrew Warren reflects on the EU's challenge to the UK's capacity market and asks if this really is all about the 'procedural matters' Ministers have claimed

Shortly before last Christmas, a decision from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) brought to a crashing halt the UK government's flagship capacity market scheme. This caused howls of anguish from those...

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