Capacity Market auction parameters: letter from DESNZ to NESO, July 2025
Letter setting out the Capacity Market auction parameters for the T-1 auction for the 2026 to 2027 Delivery Year, and the T-4 auction for the 2029 to 2030 delivery year.
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The letter from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, RT Hon Ed Miliband MP, to the National Energy System Operator (NESO) sets out the parameters for the next Capacity Market auctions. This includes the volume of capacity to be secured for the T-1 auction for the 2026 to 2027 Delivery Year and the T-4 auction for the 2029 to 2030 Delivery Year and interconnector de-rating factors for the T-4 auction.
The annex provides full details of auction parameters and the interconnector de-rating factors.
In line with the annual Capacity Market process, the parameters for the two auctions may be updated following auction prequalification and will be confirmed before the auctions are held in early 2025.