Electricity: The French Competition Authority expresses concerns about the projected capacity allocation mechanism in the electricity sector

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Conc. conc. opinion No. 12-A-09 of 12 April 2012 concerning a draft decree on the introduction of a capacity mechanism in the electricity sector On 12 April 2012, the Competition Authority issued an opinion on the draft decree on the establishment of a capacity mechanism in the electricity sector. After describing the mechanism envisaged in the draft decree, the Competition Authority expressed a large number of reservations and made recommendations. As a reminder, Law No. 2010-1488 of 7 December 2010 on the new organisation of the electricity market, known as the NOME law (see Concurrences n° 1-2011, pp. 172-174), introduced provisions in the Energy Code