Sabrina Polito
Sabrina is an associate in the Energy & Climate Change Team and has broad experience in advising industry bodies, investors, generators, suppliers and networks in relation to a range of matters including projects, transactions, commercial arrangements and regulatory compliance in the UK and internationally. She has a particular interest in clean energy, emerging technologies and digitalisation of the energy sector.
Sabrina has also completed secondments with EDF Renewables and National Grid plc.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2020
Experience
- CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP (Aug 2018 - Present)
Qualification
- LLB (2016)
Education
- University of Warwick (2013-2016)
1 Contributions by Sabrina Polito
PRACTICE NOTES
Great Britain Contracts for Difference: legal architecture, eligibility, allocation and auction rules, standard terms, key parties, CIB, OLR/NDD, RO interplay, and AR7–AR8 updates
For a fuller analysis of the regulation, consenting and incentivisation of the net zero energy transition under the laws of England and Wales, see also: Collinson and Hockman on Energy Law: Regulating, Consenting and Incentivising the Energy Transition. That textbook offers comprehensive treatment of the topics addressed in this Practice Note, with in‑depth discussion of the same issues.
What is the background to the CfD regime?
Contracts for Difference sit at the heart of the government’s Electricity Market Reform (EMR) programme, introduced in 2013. EMR was devised by the UK government to encourage investment in secure capacity and affordable, low‑carbon electricity generation.
The principal mechanisms enacted through the EMR reforms include:
the Contracts for Difference (CfD) regime, the focus of this Practice Note, structured as a contract that grants owners of new build low‑carbon generation projects a long‑term, stable revenue stream in respect of the electricity they generate while their plant is in operation
the Capacity Market (CM) regime, which provides a regular payment/retainer to reliable forms of electricity capacity (in the form of generation plant, electricity storage (such as batteries), reduction in electricity demand and international interconnection wires), in return for such capacity being
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