Falconer confirms: people will die under his AS bill because they are poor. “Where the reason…is because in your mind you are influenced by your circumstances—for example, because you are poor—should you be barred from having an assisted death...? In my view [you should] not.”

At the end @Rebecca_SPaul and I managed to get Kim Leadbeater to admit that under her Bill a person would be able to get an Assisted Death for the sole reason of saving their relatives money. 3/3

Over the last 2 days the Assisted Suicide Bill Committee has REFUSED amendments to exclude people with impaired judgement, the depressed and suicidal, prisoners and homeless people, those 'unduly influenced' by others, or those who are doing it because they feel a burden. 1/3

Afternoon making even clearer so much should have been consulted on and asked before bill put to MPs. Scale of change suggested in a single day and issues raised, really indicates a re-write of major parts against backdrop of problems with palliative care. 🚨Lack of

6/ This is beginning to look like an unserious exercise. The committee was voted against hearing from the Royal College of Psychiatrists and had to be publicly embarrassed into reversing position. Same with Disability Rights groups. Now it doesn't want to hear from abuse experts.

1/ This is breath taking. One of the responsibilities of the assisted suicide committee is to consider safeguards against domestic abuse and exploitation of the elderly. Diane Abbot's reasonable amendment asking for this has just been voted down. This is outrageous.

@NotionalGrid @energy_burns

Does anyone know on P462, if the wholesale price is above the CfD strike price in a constraint period, and CfD costs are properly entered into BM bids, does this mod lead to making bid prices more negative in such periods?

2) Formalising ESO’s de facto role by giving them greater control at an earlier stage. Effectively allowing them to make unit commitment decisions, operation of energy limited assets and within day positions

1) Giving market participants better information and incentives to support system operation, such as Shorter settlement periods Smaller bidding zones Increased BM participation Better information sharing between parties Sharper signals for ancillaries Or

We conclude that there is a need for further and potentially more radical change to the status quo. What is less clear is what change should look like. We see 2 options:

3) The current dispatch mechanism doesn’t facilitate effective optimisation of costs and unit constraints over time

2) incomplete ESO visibility of market outcomes and limited access to some resources impacts coherence between wholesale and balancing

Key messages: 1) energy markets do not provide scheduling incentives in line with system needs and operational requirements

PS. AFRY report for the ESO on dispatch efficiency due out soon. Summary slides available here: https://t.co/VdEw1ooc07

An interesting case study I shared on LinkedIn: example from this weekend to fuel the REMA locational price signals discussion

NEWS: Our new report published today with The Energy Landscape has revealed that the UK’s approach to constraint management is outdated & needs a major revamp to maximise the UK’s renewable electricity generation & deliver best value for consumers. https://t.co/PX9nJjpgUY.

Right on cue we get a big price spike in the DA for tomorrow and £100 spreads…

An awful lot riding on 12th December for the battery fleet.

Impressive lack of price volatility at the moment in GB on the DA market.