1. Electricity Storage

Definitions for the following terms are introduced: storage service operator, storage service, electricity storage.

Storage service operators (i) are not considered final consumers for electricity consumed for electricity consumed for storage purposes, thus eliminating double taxation of stored electricity and (ii) are exempted from payment of electricity transport tariffs.

The Ministry of Energy may grant concession rights on land belonging to permanent reservoirs (in Romanian, lacuri de acumulare) which have been developed using state funds for the development of electricity storage capacities.

2. Electricity Producers

Electricity projects may be designated, at the proposal of the Ministry of Energy and/or General Secretary of the Government as being of national interest by means of a Governmental Decision, thus benefiting from various measures and incentives, such as:

(i) Benefiting from an accelerated procedure for securing the land needed to develop projects by facilitating the removal of land from agricultural and forestry circuits;
(ii) Higher priority over other types of projects to be developed on land classified as protected natural areas;
(iii) Favourable fiscal measures to support investments in the energy sector.

Grid operators are required to perform annual and periodic cyber audits of inverters and all IT systems and networks associated with photovoltaic power plants.

The Draft EGO also contains rules concerning the measurement of electricity generated by photovoltaic power plants.

The Draft EGO will be in public consultation until November 8, 2024.

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