ZRP
Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii

Kinstellar | Joint study of the Romanian Competition Council and Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority identifies barriers to market entry for renewables producers and issues recommendations

09 Octombrie 2023   |   Iustinian Captariu (partner) and Catalin Graure (Managing Associate) - Kinstellar

Roughly two months after publishing the preliminary conclusions following its study on permitting bottlenecks in the renewables sector (that we wrote about here), the RCC has now teamed up with the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), in a joint effort to assess grid access and barriers thereto. This point particularly had been one of the thorniest aspects for developing new power generation capacities in Romania.

Iustinian Captariu (partner) and Catalin Graure (Managing Associate) - Kinstellar

 
 
The Romanian Competition Council (RCC) continued focusing on the energy markets, not only though investigations or merger control analysis, but also by carefully reviewing the markets through sector inquiries and studies. Given Romania’s declared interest into considerably bolstering its renewables capacities on the short term, also backed up by EU funds and the Contracts for Difference (CfD) support scheme in the pipeline, renewables have been high on the RCC’s agenda recently.

Roughly two months after publishing the preliminary conclusions following its study on permitting bottlenecks in the renewables sector (that we wrote about here), the RCC has now teamed up with the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), in a joint effort to assess grid access and barriers thereto. This point particularly had been one of the thorniest aspects for developing new power generation capacities in Romania.


In brief, some of the main points and recommendations highlighted by the preliminary report published yesterday include:
    barriers to grid access include the lack of disincentives against speculative investments. The study identifies a market practice of developers only getting projects at ‘ready to build’ to further sell them to other developers. This is considered speculative, as potentially leading to blocking some more credible investments, as new grid connection permits (ATR) would be very difficult to obtain while previously issued ATRs are valid and many of the ‘speculative’ projects eventually end up abandoned – suggested deterrents against speculators may include setting up execution guarantees or sanctioning developers’ passivity over extended periods;

→    the grid connection process is lengthy because of the legislation which is unclear or uncorrelated in some respects – grid connection regulations should be further clarified and the authorities suggest implementing a “one-stop-shop” contact point for obtaining a single license for RES production, with representatives from the public administration and the network operators; 
→    financing-related barriers are mostly related to prohibitive grid reinforcement costs (with tariffs of about EUR 100,000/MW);
→    the power transmission and distribution networks are underdeveloped and previously approved development plans had difficulties in being implemented (due generally by the duration in ticking the boxes on public procurement, works execution, government decisions and environmental permitting, missing cadastral plans) – putting together a strategy on dealing with congestions and placing new generation capacities should be considered by the Ministry of Energy and relevant authorities;
→    the suggestion of allocating grid connection capacities based on competitive procedures, carried out periodically, depending on grid development;
→    the need of further qualification for the various experts and personnel involved in the process, both on the distribution operators and developers’ consultants’ side;

A full Romanian language copy of the joint RCC-ANRE report is available here and the authorities await comments from interested parties by 4 November 2023.

 
 

PNSA

 
 

ARTICOLE PE ACEEASI TEMA

    ARTICOLE DE ACELASI AUTOR


       

      Ascunde Reclama
       
       

      POSTEAZA UN COMENTARIU


      Nume *
      Email (nu va fi publicat) *
      Comentariu *
      Cod de securitate*







      * campuri obligatorii


      Articol 455 / 4551
       

      Ascunde Reclama
       
      BREAKING NEWS
      ESENTIAL
      Bondoc & Asociații acordă asistență pentru 5 proiecte eoliene și solare în cadrul celei de-a doua licitații CfD din România | Echipa a fost coordonată de Cosmin Stăvaru (Partener), susținut de Raluca Catargiu (Senior Associate)
      CMS | Join Our Team: Tax Consultant - Tax Department
      CMS asistă Rezolv Energy în obținerea finanțării suplimentare de 331 milioane euro pentru parcul eolian VIFOR din România. Echipa, coordonată de Ana Radnev (Head of Banking and Finance) și Varinia Radu (Head of Energy and Projects) | Prin adoptarea în premieră a schemei de sprijin Contracte pentru Diferență, proiectul stabilește un precedent pentru viitoarele dezvoltări în domeniul energiei verzi din România
      Bulboacă & Asociatii caută avocați apecializați în Drept Bancar & Finanțări | Practica Noastră de Referinţă
      ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2025 | Băncilă Diaconu și Asociații, Popescu & Asociații, CMS și Schoenherr concurează pentru titlul ”Firma anului în România în domeniul taxelor”. Popescu & Asociații are două nominalizări în jurisdicția locală și este, alături de NNDKP, pe lista scurtă pentru distincția ”Firma anului în dispute fiscale”. TZA, printre finaliste în competitia pentru ”Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year”
      Bulboacă & Asociatii caută un Avocat Colaborator pentru Echipa de Tranzacții de Elită (Corporate ̸ M&A)
      Women Lawyers | Pentru Irina Văleanu, Counsel în cadrul firmei BACIU PARTNERS, nucleul comun de valori fundamentale a fost esențial în alegerea echipei în care se dezvoltă profesional acum: ”Reputația firmei în piața avocaturii de business din România a fost un factor decisiv, iar întâlnirea cu Ana-Maria Baciu a consolidat această alegere; am rezonat imediat, iar decizia de a colabora a venit în mod firesc”
      Popovici Nițu Stoica & Asociații asistă PPC în procesul de consolidare a afacerilor din domeniul energiei regenerabile
      LegiTeam: Lawyer - Dispute Resolution and Employment | GNP Guia Naghi and Partners
      LegiTeam: Lawyer - Pharma & Regulatory and Public Procurement Team | GNP Guia Naghi and Partners
      WTR Global Leaders 2025 | Ana-Maria Baciu (Baciu Partners), Sorina Olaru și Florina Firaru (NNDKP), Ciprian Dragomir (TZA) și Alina Tugearu (ZRVP), printre cei 17 români care au intrat în liga celor mai apreciați specialiști în domeniul mărcilor, la nivel global. Cine sunt aceștia, prin ce s-au remarcat și cum îi văd clienții
      LegiTeam: Lawyer - Tax Controversy and Tax Litigation | Reff & Associates
       
      Citeste pe SeeNews Digital Network
      • BizBanker

      • BizLeader

          in curand...
      • SeeNews

        in curand...