Talk:Claverton Statement

From Energy-Experts

I have a question.

In the bullet point summary, point number 5, it says: "...the electricity market needs to be re-organised to remove the excessive and economically unjustified built in penalty to renewable and local power sources." Could someone please tell me what these built-in penalties are? I could not spot any amplification further on in the text that would explain what is meant here.

As I see it, what with ROCs, LECs, embedded benefit, and exemptable status under the BSC, small renewable generators do pretty well, as they can achieve a net income per MW-hr generated that is two to three times that of large fossil or nuclear generators.

If the point is really about on-site micro generation, then I think there may be a bit of a point, but it would need to be explained carefully before I could agree.

And could we have a brief explanation of the German REFIT arrangements and why they are so good?

Regards

Dave Ward

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