Barry Gardiner – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Gardiner on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she plans to provide funding for demand-side-response projects in the next Contracts for Difference allocation round.

Andrea Leadsom

No. Demand-side-response projects are not eligible for the CfD. They are supported through the Capacity Market. Details are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/electricity-market-reform-capacity-market

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