Microgrid-related laws and regulations

Can EU law facilitate the regulation of microgrid models?

The basic answer to this question is that EU law can facilitate the regulation of these microgrid models if existing rules are adapted to include microgrids.

What is a legal regime for microgrids?

A legal regime for microgrids could apply the same rules as in the existing system – with the same rights and duties for network operators, electricity producers, etc. – or it can be a tailored regime with exemptions, for instance regarding unbundling rules.

Can microgrids be regulated?

If the existing rules in EU energy law allow for some flexibility to include electricity household consumers under the provisions of Closed Distribution Systems and allow for Citizens Energy Communities to manage part of the distribution system, the legal framework does offer possibilities to regulate microgrids.

Do microgrids and EU law form a unique fingerprint?

Dive into the research topics of 'Microgrids and EU law: Three Microgrid models to solve one regulatory puzzle'. Together they form a unique fingerprint. Behrendt, J. (2023). Microgrids and EU law: Three Microgrid models to solve one regulatory puzzle.

What is the legal framework for microgrids?

The legal framework considered in this section are the rules applicable to a CDS or those applicable to a CEC. These provisions are acknowledged to be the ‘existing EU legal provisions that could serve to set up microgrids with as much legal certainty as possible’ (Mauger and Roggenkamp, 2021).

Are microgrids legal or technical?

Technical and legal definitions sometimes differ. Indeed, technical definitions, albeit close to reality, may prove too complex to be intelligible to all and to be efficiently applied by the courts. That is why when a legal definition for a technical concept is needed, a specific reflection is mandatory, and microgrids are no exception.