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Electricity Grid Access Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Regulation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 46, 28 July 2005, pp. 2243-2251.
Long title
Ordinance on the access to electricity supply nets.
Subject
Energy
Keyword
Energy conservation/energy production Royalties/fees Hydropower generation
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, 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 Transmission System Operators (TSO) in order to ensure security of supply in each control area, even in case of disturbances in the grid. As such, it is guaranteed that this amount of control reserve is always provided by the own control area. The text consists of 31 articles divided into 7 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Access to transmissions nets (2); Access to electricity distribution nets (3); Other duties of electricity supply networks distributors (4); Conditions of contracts (5); Powers of the regulatory authority (6); Other provisions (7).

Full text
German
Website
www.bgbl.de

References - Legislation

Implements

Energy Industry Act.

Legislation | Germany | 2005 (2024)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Energy conservation/energy production, Environmental planning, Data collection/reporting, Renewable energy, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Emissions, Business/industry/corporations, Certification, EIA, Policy/planning, Hydropower generation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX