# Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 20: Resource adequacy ...

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. ... The Secretary of State may carry out a resource adequacy assessment pursuant to Article 24.
2. Where a resource adequacy assessment referred to in Article 24 identifies a resource adequacy concern, the Secretary of State shall identify any regulatory distortions or market failures that caused or contributed to the emergence of the concern.
3. ... When addressing resource adequacy concerns, the Secretary of State shall in particular take into account the principles set out in Article 3 and shall consider:
(a) removing regulatory distortions;
(b) removing price caps in accordance with Article 10;
(c) introducing a shortage pricing function for balancing energy as referred to in Article 44(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2195;
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(e) enabling self-generation, energy storage, demand side measures and energy efficiency by adopting measures to eliminate any identified regulatory distortions;
(f) ensuring cost-efficient and market-based procurement of balancing and ancillary services.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/943/article/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-943/article-20
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