Electricity Grid Access Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Document type Regulation Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance on the access to electricity supply nets. Subject Energy Keyword Energy conservation/energy production Royalties/fees Hydropower generation Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance implements the Energy Industry Act of 7 July 2005 (BGBl. I p. 1970). In particular, the Ordinance regulates access to the grid. Considering that the German transmission system operators (TSOs) have to maintain the balance between electricity generation and consumption within their control areas at all times, article 6(2) of the above-mentioned Ordinance requires that a technically needed amount of control reserve (core portion) may need to be provided from within the German Full text German Website www.bgbl.de References - Legislation Implements Energy Industry Act. Legislation | Germany | 2005 Keyword: Basic legislation, Energy conservation/energy production, Environmental planning, Data collection/reporting, Clean development mechanism Source: FAO, FAOLEX