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Electricity producers shall be legal entities to have the rights to issue invoices to the electricity supply company.
Step Difficulty: | Low |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Registry Agency/Commercial Register |
Specialists: | Solicitor |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Trade Act |
Year: | 1991 |
Legal Level: | National & Regional |
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Legal Reference: | Energy Act (Zakon za energetikata) |
Year: | 2003 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 2 |
All energy producers should pay installments to the Fund amounting to 5% of the monthly revenues from sold electricity, VAT not included.
Step Difficulty: | Low |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Ministry of Energy |
Specialists: | |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Art. 36e (3) of the Energy Act (EA) |
Year: | 2003 |
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Legal Reference: | Art. 36e (3) of the Energy Act (EA) |
Year: | 2003 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 7 |
A preliminary inspection of the roof needs to be done - roof slope, shadows, accessibility of the roof, using by birds for nesting. A consultation with the neighbours is also advised since their approval is needed in the follow-up steps. Conducting market research and a meeting with a qualified rooftop PV installation company. Inspection of the suitability of the roof structure; of grid connection feasibility; selecting an appropriate system size and type; drafting a preliminary proposal for locating and fixing the modules.
Step Difficulty: | Low |
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Authority Name: | |
Specialists: | Installer/Builder or Individual |
Legal Level: | National & Regional |
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Year: |
Legal Level: | National & Regional |
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Year: | |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 5 |
Legal Level: | National & Regional |
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Year: | |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 2 |
A contract for the roof provisions is needed – either for renting it or establishing the right to build on behalf of the building’s owners. The user is a legal entity operating the rooftop PV system.
Step Difficulty: | Moderate |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Notary Public |
Specialists: | Solicitor, Manager |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Land Use Planning Act - LUPA (Zakon za ustroistvo na teritoriata) |
Year: | 2001 |
Legal Level: | National & Regional |
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Year: | |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 5 |
Legal Level: | National & Regional |
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Year: | |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 2 |
Drafting technical and working plans for all elements of the PV installation by a team of technicians and engineers; Coordination of technical and working plans with the Building Supervision Company. The plans shall be submitted to the Municipality to apply for design permit.
Step Difficulty: | Moderate |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Municipality/District |
Specialists: | Specialists - engineer-constructor or engineer planners |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Land Use Planning Act - LUPA (Zakon za ustroistvo na teritoriata) |
Year: | 2001 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | LUPA, Natura 2000, health ordinances, building and construction requirements |
Year: | |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 4 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | LUPA, Chapter V |
Year: | 2001 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 3 |
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Year: | |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 5 |
A deed of ownership is needed along with an up-to-date property plan (the latter should not be older than 6 months). In case of lack of ownership, a contract with the building’s owner establishing the right to build on the roof and a declaration of consent from the owner are needed. Then, a design permit based on motivated request submitted to the Chief Architect is issued along with the respective documentation in accordance with the LUPA (Land Use Planning Act).
Step Difficulty: | Moderate |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Municipal/District administration |
Specialists: | Chief Architect of the respective Municipality/District; Specialists from various administrative departments |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Land Use Planning Act - LUPA (Zakon za ustroistvo na teritoriata) |
Year: | 2001 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | LUPA, Natura 2000, health ordinances, building and construction requirements |
Year: | |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 4 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | LUPA, Chapter V |
Year: | 2001 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 3 |
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Year: | |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 5 |
The owner of the installation needs to submit a written application for grid connection to the DSO in order to understand the technical availability and the conditions for grid access. The network operator shall consider the application within 14 days. In case of incomplete documents, the applicant may act on the instructions of the DSO in the 30-day period, otherwise the procedure will be terminated.
Step Difficulty: | Low |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Distribution System Operator (DSO) |
Specialists: | Individually or Specialist/Installer |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act, Art.61 (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 9 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | Ordinance 6 on Connecting Electricity Producers and Consumers to the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Grids (Naredba 6) |
Year: | 2014 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 7 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act, Art.61 (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 4 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Signing of a preliminary grid connection contract with the DSO (This step is not needed for PV installations on rooftops and surrounding areas with capacity up to 30 kWp). For preliminary grid connection contract with the DSO for installation with a capacity upto 5 MW the investors schould make an advanced payment in the amount of 25 000 BGN (approx 12 830 €) pro installed MW.
Step Difficulty: | High |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Distribution System Operator (DSO) |
Specialists: | Specialist/Installer |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act, Art.61 (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 9 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA (2011), LUPA (2001) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 5 |
Written request for the signing of a final contract after obtaining a permission for the investment project. The applicant may also propose to change the terms of the preliminary agreement.
Step Difficulty: | High |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Distribution System Operator (DSO) |
Specialists: | Specialist/Installer |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Art. 96 (1) of the Ordinance 6 on Connecting Electricity Producers and Consumers to the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Grids (Naredba 6) |
Year: | 2014 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA (2011), LUPA (2001) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 5 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act, Art.61 (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 4 |
Coordination of testing plans with the Distribution System Operator before applying to DSO for a final grid connection contract and a purchasing contract
Step Difficulty: | Moderate |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Distribution System Operator (DSO) |
Specialists: | Specialist/Installer |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Art. 96 §2 of the Ordinance 6 on Connecting Electricity Producers and Consumers to the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Grids (Naredba 6) |
Year: | 2014 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act, Art.61 (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 9 |
Applying and signing a final electricity purchase contract with the DSO.
Step Difficulty: | |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | DSO: Distribution System Operator |
Specialists: | Specialist/Installer |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Art. 85 (2) of the Ordinance 6 on Connecting Electricity Producers and Consumers to the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Grids (Naredba 6) |
Year: | 2014 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act, Art.61 (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 9 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA (2011), LUPA (2001) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 5 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act, Art.61 (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 4 |
Signing a grid access contract with the DSO.
Step Difficulty: | High |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Distribution System Operator (DSO) |
Specialists: | Specialist/Installer |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Art. 85 (1) of the Ordinance 6 on Connecting Electricity Producers and Consumers to the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Grids (Naredba 6) |
Year: | 2014 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act, Art.61 (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 9 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA (2011), LUPA (2001) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 5 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act, Art.61 (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 4 |
The Bulgarian financial institutions are conservative in their behaviour. The approach applied by banks varies from one case to another. The producer should apply for credit to bank, leasing company, etc.
Step Difficulty: | High |
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Authority Level: | National |
Authority Name: | |
Specialists: | Banks, Financial institutions, Leasing companies, etc. |
Legal Level: | National & Regional |
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Year: |
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Legal Reference: | none |
Year: | |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 7 |
Legal Level: | National & Regional |
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Legal Reference: | |
Year: | |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 7 |
A contract is signed for the supply, assembly and maintenance of the PV system with PV system integrator company after the building permit for the PV system is issued by the Municipality
Step Difficulty: | Moderate |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | |
Specialists: | Installer, Solicitor |
Legal Level: | National & Regional |
Legal Reference: | |
Year: |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | LUPA - Land Use Planning Act (Zakon za ustroistvo na teritoriata) |
Year: | 2001 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 4 |
The system is built by the supply company. Construction is monitored by the supervision company
Step Difficulty: | High |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | |
Specialists: | Installation company |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | LUPA - Land Use Planning Act (Zakon za ustroistvo na teritoriata) |
Year: | 2001 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | LUPA - Land Use Planning Act (Zakon za ustroistvo na teritoriata) |
Year: | 2001 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 4 |
The built system shall be supervised by the engineer who has made the construction plans, by the building supervision companies and by experts of the DSO.
Step Difficulty: | Low |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | DSO |
Specialists: | Specialists, Engineers |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | LUPA - Land Use Planning Act (Zakon za ustroistvo na teritoriata) |
Year: | 2001 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | LUPA - Land Use Planning Act (Zakon za ustroistvo na teritoriata) |
Year: | 2001 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 4 |
72-hour tests are carried out in the electrical PV connection systems. During this test, the installation is put under tension. After the test has been carried out, the installation is granted a receipt for entry into service. In the next stage, tests are made for the individual facilities and subfacilities of the power plant.
Step Difficulty: | High |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | DSO |
Specialists: | Installer, Supervision, DSO |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Art. 63 of the Ordinance 6 on Connecting Electricity Producers and Consumers to the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Grids (Naredba 6) |
Year: | 2014 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act, Art.61 (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 7 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | Ordinance 6 on Connecting Electricity Producers and Consumers to the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Grids (Naredba 6) |
Year: | 2014 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 6 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Connecting PV electricity system to the grid.
Step Difficulty: | High |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | DSO |
Specialists: | Installer, DSO specialists |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Art. 63 of the Ordinance 6 on Connecting Electricity Producers and Consumers to the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Grids (Naredba 6) |
Year: | 2014 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act, Art.61 (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 7 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | Ordinance 6 on Connecting Electricity Producers and Consumers to the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Grids (Naredba 6) |
Year: | 2014 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 6 |
The Feed-in tariff (FIT) is fixed for 20 years. To have the right of FIT, the producer has to comply with the grid connection requirements of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (RESA). The formal securing of the FIT happens, when a purchasing contract with the DSO is signed, as the most important appendix is the protocol for commissioning issued by the Regional Directorate of National Building Control (RDNBC). The exact amount of FIT is fixed depending on the date of commissioning of the plant. The FIT is secured as of the day of commissioning of the PV system - the produced electricity will be purchased on the relevant FIT, determined by the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC).
Step Difficulty: | Low |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | DSO, Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) |
Specialists: | |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act; LUPA - Land Use Planning Act |
Year: | 2011 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 7 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | Ordinance 6 on Connecting Electricity Producers and Consumers to the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Grids (Naredba 6) |
Year: | 2014 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 5 |
The producers have to submit monthly an application for issuance and transfer of guarantees of origin of the produced energy for the previous month.
Step Difficulty: | Moderate |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Sustainable Energy Development Agency (SEDA) |
Specialists: | Technical specialist |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Art. 4 (3) of the Ordinance for issuance and transfer of guarantees of origin (Naredba za izdavane I prehvarliane na garancii za proizhod) |
Year: | 2011 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | Ordinance for issuance and transfer of guarantees of origin |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 5 |
According to Decision № C-7 of 7.4.2017 of EWRC, the grid access fee for non-household customers is currently 0.01651 BGN/ kW/ day, and for household customers - 0.00503 BGN/ kWh. The price for electricity transmission in the distribution grid with medium voltage is 0,00808 BGN/KWh and with low voltage - 0.02933 BGN/ kWh.
Step Difficulty: | High |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Commission on Energy and Water Regulation (EWRC) |
Specialists: | Owner |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Decision № C-7 of 7.4.2017 of EWRC |
Year: | 2017 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | Decision C-33/14.09.2012; Decision KM-1/13.03.2014 |
Year: | 2014 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 9 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | Decision C-7/07.04.2017 |
Year: | 2017 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 7 |
Only installations with overall installed capacity up to 30 kW which are envisaged to be mounted on roof and facade structures of buildings connected to the electricity distribution grid will be eligible for feed-in tariff support and benefit from a mandatory power purchase. Existing operational projects will continue to benefit from their respective feed-in tariffs and power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Step Difficulty: | High |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | DSO |
Specialists: | Owner |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Art. 30 (5) of the RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | RESA - Renewable Energy Sources Act (Zakon za energiata ot vazobnoviaemi iztochnici) |
Year: | 2011 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 8 |
The Electricity System Operator (ESO) requests the generation from RES installations to be limited to 40–60% of their capacity, mostly between 10:00 and 17:00. According to the Energy Act (EA), the ESO may limit certain renewable energy plants, in case there is an "inability to maintain the balance between generation and consumption on the electricity grid. "
Step Difficulty: | High |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Electricity System Operator |
Specialists: | Owner |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | EA - Energy Act (Zakon za energetikata) |
Year: | 2003 |
Legal Level: | |
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Legal Reference: | EA - Energy Act (Zakon za energetikata) |
Year: | 2003 |
Severity Level [1-10]: | 10 |
The balancing market, in which PV systems are included, starts since 1 June 2014. The participation in this market is estimated to cost between 6 and 8% of the PV system income.
Step Difficulty: | High |
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Authority Level: | |
Authority Name: | Coordinator of a Balancing Group |
Specialists: | Technical specialist, Owner |
Legal Level: | |
Legal Reference: | Rules for Electricity Trading (RET) |
Year: | 2013 |