Overcapacity as a Barrier to Renewable Energy Deployment: The Spanish Case

Table 6

Responses of the interviewees on the long-term policies to mitigate overcapacity.

Interviewee	Most relevant		Least relevant
	First	Second	Before last	Last
Utility A	4	1	2	3
Regulator A	2	1	4	3
Utility B	2	1	4	3
Regulator B	4	2	1	3
Regulator C	1	2	4	3
Regulator D	2	1	4	3
Expert A	4	—	—	—
Expert B	2	3	4	1
Expert C	4	1	2	3
Renewable energy association	3	2	1	4
Utility C	2	3	1	4

Note: (1) incentives for the electrification of the transport sector and/or heat in buildings (efficient heat pumps), (2) opportunity to discourage the operation of the most polluting electricity generation plants, (3) termination of capacity payments for dispatchable generation plants, and (4) a better energy long-term planning.