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This page gives details of a consultation on decreasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £100 from 4 January 2024. This two-day consultation will close at 17:00 on 15 December 2023.

This page gives details of a consultation on increasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £120 from 21 November 2023. This two-day consultation will close at 17:00 on 6 November 2023.

This page gives details of a consultation on increasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £130 from 3 November 2023. This two-day consultation will close at 17:00 on 19 October 2023.

This page gives details of a consultation on decreasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £90 from 2 August 2023. This two-day consultation will close at 17:00 on 18 July 2023.

This page gives details of a consultation on increasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £100 from 5 July 2023. This two-day consultation will close at 17:00 on 20 June 2023.

This page gives details of a consultation on decreasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £90 from 13 June 2023. This two-day consultation will close at 17:00 on 25 May 2023.

This page gives details of a consultation on decreasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £125 from 14 April 2023. This two-day consultation will close at 17:00 on 28 March 2023.

This page gives details of a consultation on decreasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £140/MWh from 22 March 2023. This two-day consultation will close at 17:00 on 7 March 2023.

This page gives details of a consultation on decreasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £155/MWh from 1 March 2023. This two-day consultation will close at 17:00 on 14 February 2023.

This page gives details of a consultation on decreasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £170/MWh from 3 February 2023. This two-day consultation will close at 17:00 on 19 January 2023.

Earlier this month, the Credit Committee notified a Credit Assessment Price (CAP) decrease to £220/MWh from 20 January 2023. A further decrease in forward market prices has prompted the Credit Committee to propose a £170/MWh CAP value effective from 3 February 2023 for consultation.

This page gives details of a consultation on decreasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £250/MWh from 20 January 2023. This two-day consultation will close at 17:00 on 5 January 2023.

This page gives details of a consultation on revising the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £400/MWh from 5 January 2023. This two-day consultation will close at 17:00 on 16 December 2022.

Earlier this month, the Credit Committee confirmed a Credit Assessment Price (CAP) increase to £450/MWh from 21 December 2022. However, a decrease in forward prices since this was notified has resulted in an additional CAP value of £400/MWh effective from 5 January 2023 to be proposed by the Credit Committee for consultation. This gives the Credit Committee the optionality to change the CAP, or the option to withdraw any notified CAP(s) when further data is available closer to the implementation date.

This page gives details of a consultation on increasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £490/MWh from 21 December. This two-day consultation will close at 10:00 on 7 December 2022.

Last month, the Credit Committee confirmed a Credit Assessment Price (CAP) increase to £350/MWh from 14 December 2022. However, significant increases in forward prices since this was notified has resulted in an additional higher CAP value of £490/MWh effective from 21 December 2022 to be proposed by the Credit Committee for consultation. This gives the Credit Committee the optionality to increase the CAP if System Prices significantly increases, or the option to withdraw when further data is available closer to the implementation date.

This page gives details of a consultation on increasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £300/MWh from 30 November. This two-day consultation will close at 10:00 on 16 November 2022.

Last month, the Credit Committee confirmed a Credit Assessment Price (CAP) at £250/MWh from 8 November 2022. However, following prices in December remaining higher, a CAP value of £300/MWh effective from 30 November 2022 has been proposed by the Credit Committee for consultation. This gives the Credit Committee the optionality to increase the CAP were December prices to remain higher, or the option to withdraw it if prices remain steady, or decrease, when further data is available closer to December delivery.