Abbreviated form of legal source
- RD 413/2014
- RD 1955/2000
Description of the process
Article 37 of RD 413/2014 prescribes that all new RE installations must be registered under the Administrative Register of Electricity Production Facilities. The registration is a pre-requisite to operate in the electricity market (RD 1955/2000).
The RE installations shall follow a two-step procedure. First, once the project obtained all the administrative authorizations, it shall be pre-registered. Secondly, after the project developer obtains the commissioning certificate (exploitation license) the installation shall be definitively registered in the Register. However, installations equal to or lower than 1 MW of installed capacity shall only be registered in one step (article 169, RD 1955/2000). The authority has a maximum period of up to one month to process the request.
Laslty, exceptions are consumers connected to low-voltage and installations generating electricity and less than 100 kW power installed, in which case the administration makes the registration ex officio.
Competent authority
- MITECO
- Directorate General for Energy Policy and Mines
- Autonomous Communities