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The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has launched a consultation proposing key changes to the Capacity Market for Prequalification 2026. Read the consultation here.

The consultation seeks views on six areas:

• Multiple price Capacity Market: Introducing a second, higher, price cap into the auction that could, if needed, to secure new build dispatchable enduring capacity.
• Ensuring efficient bidding in Capacity Market auctions: By reducing advance information to participants, thereby enhancing value for money.
• Consumer-led flexibility: Implementing additional delivery assurance processes in relation to consumer-led flexibility assets entering the Capacity Market.
• Allowing battery storage units to self-nominate connection capacity (below full network connection) to mitigate risk of failing extended performance testing.
• Determining appropriate means for non-fossil fuel generation to access low carbon Capacity Market mechanisms by introducing sustainability criteria to evidence against.
• Administrative and delivery assurance improvements to the CM Rules: Includes clarifications, termination fees, and payment suspension for insolvent units.

You can respond to one section or the whole consultation. The deadline to respond is 27 November 2025.

If you are a Capacity Provider, your insights are crucial. The reforms aim to ensure the CM remains fit for purpose in a rapidly evolving energy system, and your views can shape how it functions. Read the consultation here: