Capacity Market: Proposed changes for Prequalification 2026

Closes 27 Nov 2025

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Determining appropriate means for non-fossil fuel generation to access low carbon CM mechanisms

45. Do you agree with the interim solution of adopting a version of the established Renewables Obligation sustainability criteria?
46. If you disagree, please provide any alternate suggestions.
47. Do you agree with the proposed longer-term solution to align with the upcoming biomass common framework?
48. If you disagree, please provide any alternative suggestions.
49. Do you agree with the proposal to apply the enhanced sustainability criteria of the proposed low carbon dispatchable Contract for Difference to all CM eligible woody biomass generators ≥ 1 MW?
50. If you disagree, please provide any alternative suggestions.
51. Do you agree the government should implement a process that includes annual reporting in the same format as the RO’s Annual Sustainability Audit Report?
52. If you disagree, please provide any alternate suggestions.
53. Do you agree that EfW in its current form, without carbon capture and storage, is primarily a function of the waste management system, and as such, faces different decarbonisation challenges to other methods of electricity generation?
54. If you disagree, please provide any alternative suggestions.
55. Do you agree that the challenges in reliably measuring EfW biogenic content, setting a minimum biogenic threshold, and verifying that biogenic content in waste make this unworkable for the CM specifically, where payments are based on capacity provided rather than generation?
56. If you disagree, please provide any alternative suggestions.