[byefruit]

This has already been proposed by the current government for wind farms: https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/new-energy-bill-discoun...

And the switch to zonal energy pricing will likely have a similar effect for other sources of generation.

[pjc50]

As a resident of Scotland, I'm looking forward to zonal pricing. It might also balance out the London centric nature of the UK, as I expect it to end up with higher prices.

[nonrandomstring]

I agree with the incentives for zonal pricing to encourage clean local production. The downside however is that the grid becomes defunded and a tragedy of commons ensues. We invest in common infrastructure precisely because of variance, which in the long run we hope to ameliorate.

[pjc50]

Zonal pricing (UK) does not conflict with grid funding, it is the grid funding. It also exposes the economic incentives for allowing new grid infrastructure to be built.

[nonrandomstring]

I hope you're right. Incentives both ways and support for national infra is ideal. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia just showed [0] how flexible grids can be at the international level. However I think at the national level some countries aren't that happy to support national grids.

[0] https://www.dw.com/en/brell-lithuania-latvia-and-estonia-tur...