Legal sources on renewable energy

• Law on Electricity (Elektros Energetikos Istatymas - Valstybes zinios, No. 66-1984, 2000; No. 107-3964, 2004)
• Resolution No. 1474/2001 (Nutarimas Del teises aktu, butinu Lietuvos Respublikos elektros energetikos istatymui igyvendinti, patvirtinimo – Resolution Adopting the Necessary Legal Basis for the Introduction of the Law on Electricity)
• Resolution No. O3-85/2004 (Nutarimas Del Visuomeniniu elektros energijos – Resolution of the National Control Commission for Prices and Energy on the Methodology for Setting the Prices for Electricity Transmission and Distribution Services and Their Respective Price Caps)
• Order on Services of General Interest (Isakymas Del Lietuvos Respublikos ukio ministro 2001 m. gruodžio 18 d. isakymo)

Grid operators are obliged to connect renewable electricity generation systems to their grids without discriminating against certain system operators. The charges on connection of these systems shall be reduced by 40%. The grid operator is entitled to account for the money thus lost when calculating the electricity prices for the following year. Thus, he can compensate for his losses through the revenue from electricity prices.

If the grid capacity is insufficient, the grid operators shall guarantee the preferential transmission of electricity generated from renewable energy.

The grid operators are obliged to expand their grids according to the general regulations of energy law. The grid operators are not obliged to expand their grids on the request of operators of renewable electricity generation systems.