Public consultation on process of changing electricity supplier On 19 February 2021 the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) announced an additional public consultation on the process of changing electricity supplier and the respective obligations of the supplier and the consumerduring that process. Under the proposed scheme, a consumer may terminate their supply contract and exercise...Read More

Amendments to Electricity Balancing Rulebook (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides – Partner and Konstantinos Ntallas– Associate, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on May 17, 2021) On 14 January 2021 the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) issued Decision 54/2021 (Official Journal B’ 531/2021), amending the Electricity Balancing Rulebook and establishing...Read More

Regulatory Authority for Energy approves gas distribution network development for rest of Greece (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides – Partner of Rokas Law Firm, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on May 10, 2021) On 4 March 2021 Regulatory Authority for Energy Decision 1615/2020 – which approves the Public Gas...Read More

Energy News – 70th Issue- Process of Changing Electricity Supplier EU and EnCMarket EnC: Paper on the Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans Oil & GasEU: ACER & CEER White Paper on the Regulation of Pure Hydrogen NetworksCompetition & State AidSlovakian State Aid Scheme for HE CHP Installations (SA.54318)EU: Danish Support Scheme for...Read More

Regulatory Authority for Energy issues guarantees manual for Electricity TSO Code (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides – Partner and Sofia Getimi – Associate, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on March 29, 2021) On 15 October 2020 the Regulatory Authority for Energy issued Decision 1426/2020 – the guarantees manual for...Read More

Granting of permanent connection offers to RES stations (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides – Partner, Andriani Kantilieraki and Pavlos-Ioannis Kasselakis – Associates, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on March 22, 2021) On 23 December 2020 Ministerial Decision 5693/2020 was published in the Official Journal (B’ 5693/2020). Among other things,...Read More

Declaration of readiness for connection of RES station to network (Article by Andriani Kantilieraki and Pavlos-Ioannis Kasselakis – Associates, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on March 15, 2021) On 20 October 2020 Law 4736/2020 concerning the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment was published...Read More

New cycle of competitive procedures for operational support (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides – Partner and Kosmas Karanikolas – Associate, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on March 8, 2021) On 7 January 2021 the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) announced the commencement of the competitive procedure for determining the...Read More

Regulating RES storage (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides – Partner, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on March 1, 2021) On 8 December 2020 the Ministry of Environment and Energy issued a decision (OJ B’ 5619/2020) on the formation of a working group which will prepare a proposal for the...Read More

New Spatial and Urban Planning Law affects onshore and offshore RES projects (Article by Maria Ioannou – Senior Associate, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on February 22, 2021) Introduction In December 2020 Law 4759/2020 on the Modernisation of Spatial and Urban Planning Legislation and Other Provisions (OJ A’ 245/9.12.2020)...Read More