GREECE Law and Practice Contributed by: Evangelos (Evans) Courakis, Evangelos Mylonas Tsoumas, Sofia Andreanoudi, Vassiliki Xynou and Ioanna Marouso Argyriou, Koutalidis Law Firm
It approves the IPTO’s annual Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) and issues regula- tions and guidelines for the electricity market’s smooth operation, ensuring transparency and adherence to regulatory requirements by energy companies. Furthermore, RAWEW approves the Electricity Transmission System Management Code, which sets out the rules for the opera- tion and management of the Electricity Trans- mission System, ensuring the stability and reli- ability of the system, and the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Management Code, which regulates the operation and management of the distribution network, including provisions on the connection of users and the quality of the energy supplied. In 2025, ENTSO-E and the EU DSO Entity sub- mitted a joint Flexibility Needs Assessment (FNA) methodology to ACER, signifying a step toward a co-ordinated evaluation of grid flexibil- ity across Europe. There is also a role for the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regula- tors (ACER), established by Regulation (EC) No 713/2009, which facilitates the co-operation of national regulatory authorities (NRAs) at EU level and co-ordinates the activities of electricity and gas transmission system operators (TSOs). ENT- SO-E, EU DSO Entity and industry partners also issued a joint roadmap in June 2025 promoting public procurement support for the upgrade of “future-proof” electricity grids across the EU. Lastly, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) develops and implements common operational rules and standards, collaborates on the devel- opment of transmission infrastructure, and pub- lishes reports assessing system adequacy and forecasting demand and supply at EU level, while the EU DSO Entity aims at developing network codes and guidelines, strengthening
the cooperation between TSOs and distribution system operators (DSOs) and sharing pertinent best practices. 1.6 Recent Changes in Law or Regulation The main recent changes in Greece’s regulatory framework could be summarised as follows. • Curtailments: Law 5106/2024 expanded the possibility for the operator to proceed with technical curtailments (first introduced in 2022) in order to address disruptions in production-demand balance and network stability. The Law abolished the previously applicable 5% threshold for such curtailments but obliges operators to minimise their use and fairly allocate them between producers. • RES auctions: Law 5106/2024 introduced the possibility for projects to enter into tenders for feed in premia after 1 May 2024 to be subjected to curtailments and/or mandatory BESS unit installation. This change highlights the regulator’s turn towards BESS projects to address grid saturation issues. • Super priority PPAs: Law 5095/2024 intro- duced measures to reduce energy costs and promoted the agricultural and energy-inten- sive industrial sectors by granting absolute priority for grid connection offers to RES energy projects that have a PPA with agricul- tural electricity connection holders or energy- intensive industrial consumers. • Acceleration of licensing procedures: Law 5151/2024 introduced significant amend- ments to Law 4685/2020 in order to acceler- ate licensing procedures for renewable energy projects, aligning national legislation with Directive (EU) 2023/2413. The key changes include: (i) the facilitation of solar installations on buildings and existing or planned artificial structures; (ii) the introduction of a fast-track
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