Law No. 10/2016 on the Promotion of the Use of Renewable Energy, Grid Access and Generation Licensing
In force
Legea nr. 10 din 26 februarie 2016 privind promovarea utilizării energiei din surse regenerabile art. 14, 20-21, 28 (Law No. 10 of 26 February 2016 on the Promotion of the Use of Energy from Renewable Sources)
Effective 2017-03-25 · Applies to private
Article 14(1)(b) has the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) license generation of electricity, heat, biogas destined for the natural-gas network, and biofuel from renewable sources. Article 21 makes generation of renewable electricity, heat, biogas, or biofuel subject to that licensing regime, letting an applicant obtain the electricity-generation license before building the plant on presenting every document the Electricity Law requires except proof the plant already exists.
Article 28 gives a renewable-source producer, including a self-generating consumer connecting a plant to the grid, a right of non-discriminatory and regulated access to the electricity or natural-gas network at published, cost-based, transparent and predictable tariffs set under the Electricity Law or the Natural Gas Law.
Connection to the network is carried out objectively, transparently and without discrimination, and the applicant bears the cost of the connecting installation on transparent, non-discriminatory terms. System operators must also supply the applicant enough information about connection costs, timelines and planned network development to make the process usable.
The Law entered into force 25 March 2017, twenty-four months after its 25 March 2016 publication in the Official Gazette, and was last amended in 2018 and 2023.
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Law No. LP164/2025 on Electric Energy, Non-Discriminatory Grid Access and Connection Procedure
In force
Legea nr. LP164/2025 din 26 iunie 2025 cu privire la energia electrică art. 71-72, 129-130, 145-146, 149 (Law No. 164 of 26 June 2025 on Electric Energy)
Effective 2025-08-19 · Applies to private
Article 71(1)-(2) requires the transmission or distribution system operator to grant every existing or prospective network user transparent, objective and non-discriminatory access to the grid, charged only under tariffs the National Energy Regulatory Agency approves and publishes in the Official Gazette.
Access may be refused only for insufficient network capacity, and Article 71(3) requires a written refusal stating the technical and economic reasons and the network-development measures and timeline needed to remove them.
Article 72(1)-(2) has an applicant, whether a producer, an energy-storage operator or a final consumer, file a connection request with the system operator covering the territory, which then issues a free connection notice within 15 days for a transmission-network request, 10 days for a distribution-network request, and 30 days for a request to connect a power plant or storage facility.
Article 145(1) makes an electricity undertaking or a license or authorization holder liable for breaching this Law, Law No. 174/2017 on Energetics, or the Agency's own regulatory acts, and Article 146 lets the Agency fine a license or authorization holder between 0.5% and 5% of annual turnover for repeated obstruction of Agency information requests, inspections, or decisions, or for unregistered wholesale-market transactions, rising to 5% for a repeat breach, to 5%-10% for refusing a public-service obligation, and to 5%-10% (10% on repeat) for a transmission or distribution operator's unbundling and independence failures.
Article 149(1)-(2) sets the Law's own entry into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette and repeals Law No. 107/2016 on Electric Energy the same day.
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