The National Commission for State Regulation in the Spheres of Energy and Public Utilities (NERC) has introduced significant changes for electricity producers from distributed generation facilities. The new decisions aim to facilitate and accelerate the process of connecting to the energy system, as well as simplify the entry of such producers into the electricity market.
This is reported by Finway
Reduction of Bureaucratic Procedures for Distributed Generation
The changes approved by NERC allow owners or users of generating installations, who are unable to provide real-time technological information for generating units of type B, to utilize the procedure for obtaining exemptions. To do this, it is sufficient to contact the transmission system operator, NEC “Ukrenergo,” with a corresponding request for exemption from fulfilling certain technical requirements of the Transmission System Code.
“The review period for the corresponding request and registration of the provided exemption is 3 working days.”
Additionally, the adopted resolution includes:
- a reduction in the number of stages required to launch distributed generation facilities;
- optimization of contractual procedures in the electricity market — now, to commence operations, it is enough to submit one application to the transmission system operator to conclude three necessary contracts;
- improvements to the requirements for concluding a contract for dispatch (operational-technical) management for producers planning to generate electricity at distributed generation facilities with generating units of type B.
Features of the New Information Exchange Requirements
In the context of the innovations, the commission emphasized that organizing the exchange of technological information in real-time for generating units of type B is currently not a mandatory requirement due to the shortage of generating capacities. Thus, the changes aim to support the development of distributed generation, accelerate the introduction of new capacities, and reduce the administrative burden on participants in Ukraine’s energy market.