
1 

(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.
2 
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.
3 
In Article 2 (definitions), in the definition of “capacity mechanism”, omit “temporary”.
4 
In Article 20 (resource adequacy)—
(a) in paragraph 3, omit the first sentence;
(b) omit paragraphs 6 and 8.
5 
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.
6 
In Article 22(1) (design principles for capacity mechanisms), omit point (a).
7 
In Article 24(1) (resource adequacy assessments)—
(a) omit “national” in the first three places it occurs;
(b) omit the third subparagraph.
Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
24th January 2025