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Grid development

Abbreviated form of legal source

  • Act 588/2013

Procedure

The grid operator shall expand its grid according to the needs of its customers (Art 19 Act 588/2013). According to the Ministry of Employment and the Economy and the Finnish transmission grid operator, this obligation includes upgrading the grid if the upgrade is required to connect a renewable energy plant to the grid and if the upgrade is economically and technically reasonable. Expansion works for the connection of a plant must be based on a grid upgrade agreement and must be implemented prior to the connection of the plant.
Whether and when the grid operator is obliged to expand his grid depends on the reasonable needs of his customers (Art 19 Act 588/2013).
The Act does not stipulate a time frame within which the grid shall be expanded.