@NotionalGrid Thanks + agreed.
With prices like this I do wonder whether it would be net beneficial for UK gov to take on a material amount of CCGTs to bid down the wholesale + BM..
@NotionalGrid So CM payments over 10 years would cover off the acquisition cost before the CCGT has started to generate wholesale revenue + BM revenue?β¦
[Notwithstanding itβs slowly being shunted off the merit order]
How often did gas set the GB power price for March?
This is a tracker for when the day-ahead price exceeds the short-run marginal cost of the most efficient CCGT in the system. It's a proxy for gas setting the wholesale price.
It shows that the influence of gas on wholesale prices is declining in GB.
For consumers, any CfD-backed generation will mean paying CfD strike prices, but outside the CfD, lower wholesale prices will mean lower costs.
@Rory_Johnston How are you thinking about the 8.2 bn barrels in inventories? Is there a MOL to this? Or does this buffer help only on a country by country basis?
@BenChu_@theCCCuk Itβs extremely difficult to compare final energy demand for FF to electricity. See below.
https://t.co/OT86gPrG9T
https://t.co/Ohh33ZyO6p