Prosumers

• Law No. 3468/2006
• Ministerial Decision 15084/382

There is no specific description of prosumers. However, the term of autonomous producer can be deployed. Despite the fact that autonomous producers concern all RES technologies, there is practically a regulatory framework only for PV autonomous producers.

Similar to the notion of prosumer, Greece uses the terms autonomous producer and self-producer as synonyms. Autonomous producer is the plant operator that generates power from RES or CHP plants, mainly for his own use, and any surplus power is channelled into the grid (art.2 3468/2006). Practically, this concern small-scale RES and more specifically PV below 1MW.

There are limitations with regard to the maximum capacity of a PV plant belonging to an autonomous producer.
• For the interconnected system (interconnected islands):
o Households up to 20 kW, or up to 50% of the agreed power consumption if the plant is above 20 kW;
o Small commercial entities up to 100% of the agreed power consumption for PV plants below 1 MW.
• For the non-interconnected islands:
o Households up to 10 kW (20 kW for Crete), or up to 50% of the agreed power consumption below a specific threshold defined for each island;
o Small commercial entities up to 100% of the agreed power consumption below a specific threshold defined for each island (for example 500kW for Crete and Rhodes)
(Ministerial Decision 15084/382).

For PV autonomous producers, connection fees vary. For low voltage (5-100 kW) fees vary between EUR 300 and EUR 520. For medium voltage (100kW- 1MW) fees vary between EUR 520- EUR 800.

In general, there are no limitations. However, regions with limited grid capacity may not connect autonomous producers. For non-interconnected islands, the maximum deployment limits are defined in Ministerial Decision 15084/382.

Net-metering and Virtual Net-metering

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