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Independent producers
Authorisation required for electricity projects with an installed capacity between 500 kW to 2000 kW for thermal facilities or 250 kW to 1000 kW for renewable energy facilities . These thresholds may be too small in practice for captive power projects .
Licence required for electricity projects with an installed capacity exceeding 2000 kW for thermal facilities or 1000 kW for renewable energy facilities .
Producers allowed to enter into power purchase agreements with Eligible Clients . 3
Licences and authorisations granted by the Minister in charge of energy following an invitation to tender . No exemption possible when the installed capacity exceeds 5 MW .
Each year before 20 January , each Eligible Client must send a declaration to the transmission system operator that supplies them with electricity , with a copy to Agence de Régulation du Secteur de l ' Electricité ( the energy regulatory authority ).
Electricity Code
Decree No . 2017-1011
Decree No . 2017- 1012 / PRES / PM / ME / MCIA / MINEFID
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“ Eligible clients ” are defined as clients that must contract for at least 50 MW and have an annual consumption equal to or greater than 300,000 MWh . An eligible client has the right to conclude electricity supply contracts with a producer or self-producer of their choice and , for this purpose , has a right of access to the transmission network ( Decree No . 2019 / 0901 / PRES / PM / ME / MINEFID / MICIA )
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