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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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