The government has been urged to change its energy market policy to avoid putting energy efficiency schemes bidding for government support at a disadvantage. Under the government's reforms to the energy market, firms will be able to bid to get paid by the government to provide either spare power "capacity" - through energy generation schemes - or to reduce electricity demand, through energy efficiency measures. The policy is meant to allow energy efficiency projects, such as building retrofits, to compete with projects to build new power stations.
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