The Electricity Market Reform (EMR) negotiations do notappear to be going well from the Scottish point of view. London is said to beoffering little in the way of compromise to those in the renewables industry.Strike prices seem to have advanced little from the draft figures, whiledegression curves are only modestly improved.

The Scottish authorities seem to be preparing to crosstheir fingers that the final offer will be just enough to make offshore windhappen up here.

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