Industry body Eurelectric, responding to a European Commission (EC) consultation on the carbon market, says the European electricity industry remains strongly committed to the ETS as the best means to achieve decarbonisation by 2050.
The EC went out to consultation with six different options on structural changes to the ETS in November.
Eurelectric sees a serious risk that any non-ETS approach to decarbonisation will distort and fragment the internal energy market.
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