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Subsidy Advice Unit: Report on Contracts for Difference

The SAU has published its report prepared in response to a request from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) concerning the proposed Contracts for Difference for Renewables scheme.

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Report on Contracts for Difference

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The Subsidy Advice Unit has published its report providing advice to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero concerning the Contracts for Difference for Renewables scheme.

The report includes the SAU’s evaluation of BEIS’s assessment of compliance of its proposed scheme with the requirements set out in the Subsidy Control Act 2022.

Note about references to BEIS

On 7 February 2023, responsibility for the CfD scheme transferred to the newly created Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. This report refers to BEIS as the department that made the referral and provided its assessment, and to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero as the addressee of the report.

For more information visit the Referral of Contracts for Difference for Renewables Scheme page.

Published 22 February 2023