Whereas the UK has submitted their capacity market under state aid guidelines, other countries like France and Poland have not. Now DG Competition is reacting: “Electricity capacity mechanisms may be necessary for security of supply, but raise competition issues that the Commission is planning to look at carefully,” Commission spokeswoman Lucia Caudet told press at the beginning of this month. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager will propose the opening of the investigation in the coming months, EU officials said. The Commission's anti-trust department would take the lead, supported by DG ENER. Director Klaus-Dieter Borchardt told a conference in Brussels that a formal decision on an investigation had not yet been taken, but a wide-ranging investigation was a possibility. “I support this very much because this would give us the possibility to look at where we are today. We are working on our own blueprint for the sector,” he said.