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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11764

8 April 2017
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / State aid
Investigation into German capacity reserve measure
Valletta, 07/04/2017 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission has concerns that German plans to constitute an electricity capacity reserve will distort competition. Germany is planning to adopt a measure requiring German network operators to supply two gigawatts (GW) of capacity that will be held in reserve outside the market.

Germany does not expect structural capacity shortages in the future, but wishes to create a safeguard against unforeseen developments. For the Commission to agree, Germany must prove that the measure is...

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