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Zonal pricing was the perfect model – and a nightmare for wind farm developers

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The UK wind industry can breathe a sigh of relief. The government has decided to retain a uniform national electricity price. An inefficient model, but one that avoids worse outcomes for wind power

UK energy minister Ed Miliband did not want to commit political suicide, and skipped the idea of zonal pricing. How the inefficient energy system will be fixed instead, remains to be seen.
UK energy minister Ed Miliband did not want to commit political suicide, and skipped the idea of zonal pricing. How the inefficient energy system will be fixed instead, remains to be seen.Photo: Dan Dennison / DESNZ

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