MOROCCO Law and Practice Contributed by: Wacef Bentaibi, Benoit Pape, Chaimaâ Bouhami and Maxime Masurier, Gide Loyrette Nouel
ONEE as System Planner and Operator ONEE is the sole owner and operator of the national transmission grid, responsible for investment, opera- tion, maintenance and real-time supply-demand bal- ancing. It prepares multi-year generation equipment plans and manages interconnections. Masen Masen identifies and programmes renewable energy generation capacities on the basis of the multi-year capacity plan prepared by ONEE and approved by the government. Its missions include site qualification studies, project development, and mobilising financ- ing for renewable energy installations. ANRE ANRE exercises regulatory oversight currently con- fined to the free-market segment (renewable genera- tion under Law 13-09 and self-generation under Law 82-21), to the exclusion of the regulated market. Its functions include approving the national transmis- sion grid code ( Code du Réseau Électrique National de Transport , or CRENT), the multi-year transmission investment programme, and setting grid access and transmission tariffs. ANRE also approves and publish- es the system’s hosting capacity ( capacité d ’ accueil ) under Laws 13-09 and 82-21, and must be consulted prior to the issuance of authorisations for renewable energy generation installations. 1.6 Recent Changes in Law or Regulation The following material regulatory and legal changes occurred over the past year. • Renewable energy and self-generation:Laws No 40-19 and 82-21, both promulgated in Febru- ary 2023, restructured the renewable energy and self-generation legal regimes. The implementing decree for self-generation (Decree No 2-25-100), published on 9 March 2026, resulted in the legal regime being fully operational since 9 June 2026. • ANRE hosting capacity decision: On 30 January 2026, the ANRE Council adopted Decision No 01/26 setting the national grid hosting capacity for renewables at 3,886 MW in 2026, to be progres- sively raised to 10,429 MW by 2030 with a split between wind (up to 4,915 MW on the transmis-
sion network) and solar (up to 5,514 MW, including 1,324 MW on distribution networks). • New tariffs for surplus electricity: In February 2026, ANRE published decisions fixing, for the first time, the tariff applicable to the sale of the surplus electricity injected by self-generators to the grid, and adjusting the transmission network tariff ( Tarif d ’ Utilisation du Réseau de Transport , or TURT) to 6.85 centimes per kilowatt-hour (cDH/kWh) and the distribution network tariff ( Tarif d ’ Utilisation du Réseau de Distribution , or TURD) to 6.07 cDH/ kWh. This tariff structure has been effective since 1 March 2026. • Accounting unbundling and grid code:In February 2025, ANRE approved the accounting separation of ONEE’s generation, transmission and distribu- tion activities – a prerequisite for transparent cost allocation and eventual structural unbundling. ANRE also approved the TSO Code of Good Con- duct in September 2024 and launched a tender to update the transmission grid code (CRENT). 1.7 Announcements Regarding New Policies Several major reforms have been announced and are expected to materially reshape Morocco’s power sec- tor in the near term. • ANRE’s transformation into a multi-energy regulator:Following Royal Instructions of 4 Decem- ber 2024, ANRE is set to become a national energy regulatory authority, with its mandate expanded beyond electricity to cover natural gas, hydrogen and its derivatives, as well as production, storage, transport and distribution activities. • Comprehensive tariff reform:ANRE announced in December 2025 a planned overhaul of the electric- ity tariff system for 2027, aimed at reflecting the true cost of electricity and separating distribution and supply activities. • Pending self-generation decrees:While Decree No 2-25-100 (published in March 2026) operationalises the self-generation framework, key implementing texts remain outstanding, notably decrees on the 20% surplus injection cap, energy storage modali- ties and curtailment. • Natural gas law:If passed, a draft law on natu- ral gas (No 67-24), published for consultation in late 2024, will regulate the import, export, stor-
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