The Electricity Capacity Mechanism (Amendment) Regulations 2025

• Citation: S.I. 2025/74
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity Capacity Mechanism (Amendment) Regulations 2025.

(2) These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

Section 2 Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast)

Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast) is amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 7.

Section 3 Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast)

In Article 2 (definitions), in the definition of “capacity mechanism”, omit “temporary”.

Section 4 Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast)

In Article 20 (resource adequacy)—

(a) in paragraph 3, omit the first sentence;

(b) omit paragraphs 6 and 8.

Section 5 Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast)

In Article 21 (general principles for capacity mechanisms)—

(a) in paragraph 1, omit “as a last resort”;

(b) omit paragraph 3;

(c) in paragraph 4, omit “have”;

(d) omit paragraphs 7 and 8.

Section 6 Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast)

In Article 22(1) (design principles for capacity mechanisms), omit point (a).

Section 7 Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast)

In Article 24(1) (resource adequacy assessments)—

(a) omit “national” in the first three places it occurs;

(b) omit the third subparagraph.