Electric
Power Industry of Serbia has concluded the first contract with commercial
prosumer, which is the first example of a consumer becoming the producer of
electricity from renewable sources. On 30 March, EPS signed the Full Supply
Contract with Net Billing with the company Gruner Serbian from Vlasotince for
the period from 1 April 2022 until 31 December 2023.
Gruner
Serbian has built a solar power plant on the roof of a production facility,
having the capacity of 500 kW. By connecting the solar power plant, this
prosumer shall use the generated electricity for own consumption, while the
surplus electricity shall be delivered to the electric power system. This shall
significantly reduce the bills for taken-over electricity which Gruner Serbian
used to buy at open market.
EPS
signed the contracts with households, which submitted the applications for
concluding full supply contracts with net metering, and immediately informed
the distribution system operator (Elektrodistribucija Srbije). The following
step is connecting the power plant to the electric power system, which is
the obligation of the distribution system operator, within five days as of
signing the contract. Upon connecting, the distribution system operator shall,
within five days, enter the end consumer into the Prosumer Register, which thus gains the prosumer status.
The
instruction on “How to become a prosumer?” can be found on the following
link: http://www.eps.rs/cir/snabdevanje/Pages/kupac-proizvodjac.aspx. Applications for concluding full supply contracts
with net metering or net billing, as well as full supply contract models for
prosumers, can be found on the same link. The Notice on Metering Point Adjustment, issued
by the distribution system operator, is an attachment
to the application. This is a part of necessary documentation for households and companies
intending to generate electricity from renewable energy sources for own
purposes, with the possibility of delivering surplus energy to the system or
taking over electricity when needed. Full supply contract with net metering is
concluded with households, and full supply contract with net billing with
companies. The essential difference between net
metering and net billing is that in net billing the price of taken over
electricity does not have to match the price of electricity delivered to the
electric power system.
Prior to the submission of the application for the conclusion of
the contract, the customer is obliged to build a RES power plant, the installed
capacity of which does not exceed the approved connection capacity of the
customer's facility. Furthermore, the metering point has to be adjusted, i.e.
two-way meter has to be installed, and the system operator has to be provided
with the certificate that all devices, installations and metering points are
fully operational and in accordance with the regulations and standards.
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