EnergyReader · 2026-06-22 02:16

French generators push for intraday hydro access as nuclear subsidy probe drags on

By EnergyReader Newsroom · June 22, 2026

France's hydro generators are pressing for the right to bid into intraday power auctions, a rule change that would let the country's largest pool of flexible output chase real-time prices instead of being confined largely to day-ahead. The push lands while the European Commission's state-aid probe into France's reactor subsidy plan grinds on with no resolution in sight.

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