Letter to EU ministers on Capacity Mechanisms

Energy transition| Financing the transition

Ahead of the trilogue meeting on the Electricity Market Regulation on 18 October 2018, 31 networks and organisations representing citizens from across Europe urge EU ministers to ensure that capacity mechanisms remain a last resort solution and that they no longer subsidise the burning of fossil fuels, coal in particular.

Joint NGO letter regarding capacity mechanisms

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