Generation regulation

Distributed generation is subject to the same intense regulation as the overall sector, beginning with the Electricity Sector Act (Law 24/2013).

The e-distribución website describes the main regulations imposed by the energy manager on distributed generation. Whether you're a professional or an individual consumer, you can consult them here.

• Royal Decree 1955/2000, regulating electrical energy transportation, distribution, retail and supply and procedures for authorizing electrical energy installations.
• Royal Decree 413/2014 of 6 June regulating the production of electrical energy from renewable sources, cogeneration and waste.
• Royal Decree 900/2015, regulating the administrative, technical and economic conditions for the supply of electrical energy with self-consumption and production with self-consumption.
• Royal Decree 1110/2007 approving the unified regulation on points of measurement in the electrical system.
• Royal Decree 842/2002 approving the low-voltage electrotechnical regulation.
• Royal Decree 1699/2011 regulating the connection to the grid of low-capacity electrical energy installations.
• Royal Decree 244/2019 which regulates the administrative, technical and economic conditions for self-consumption of electrical energy.
  
• Royal Decree-Law 23/2020, which approves measures in the field of energy and in other areas for economic reactivation.
  
• Royal Decree 647/2020, of July 7, which regulates aspects necessary for the implementation of the connection network codes of certain electrical installations.
  
• Royal Decree 1183/2020, which regulates access and connection to the electricity transmission and distribution networks.
  
• Circular 1/2021, of the National Markets and Competition Commission, which establishes the methodology and conditions of access and connection to the transmission and distribution networks of the electricity production facilities.
• Resolution of May 20, 2021, of the National Markets and Competition Commission, which establishes the detailed specifications for determining the generation access capacity to the transmission network and distribution networks.

Electrical Energy Code

As the energy manager, the government has recently published an updated version of the Electrical Energy Code containing all the regulations that affect the electricity sector.

Electrical Energy Code: Ministerio de Energía, Turismo y Agenda Digital