In terms of fairness, the percentage settled on, 25 % of net receipts, ie 25 % of revenue, seems like a pretty
significant share of the pie.
The market implications for this are
significant, in that conventional generation is now fighting to maintain its
share of a shrinking
pie, and the U.S. Department
of Energy's clumsy moves to find a rationale to bail out the coal and nuclear industries can be seen in this light.