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Article 43g(1) of the Energy Law requires electricity system operators to keep registers of the energy storages connected to their grid.

The register is generally accessible and it is shared by the electricity system operator on its website, with the exception of the trade secrets restricted by the holder of electricity storage or the information subject to personal data protection legislation. The register is digital.

The obligation to enter an energy storage in the register to the extent provided for in the Energy Law was imposed on holders of the energy storage connected to the grid of a given operator. A holder means either a dependent holder or an autonomous (owner-like) holder, i.e. an entity actually holding and controlling the operation of the energy storage. The requirement of entry in the register of electricity storages and the classification as a generating facility applies to energy storages of an installed capacity above 50 kW.

The purpose of the entry is to enter the energy storage in the register.

Entry in the register of electricity storages is not a prerequisite for starting an activity of storing electricity. The Energy Law does not define any time limit for the holder to record their storage in the register of electricity storages. Nor does the Energy Law provide for any negative consequences for an electricity holder for failure to comply with the obligation to enter electricity storages in the register and to subsequently revise the submitted data. In accordance with Article 43g(5) of the Energy Law, if an electricity storage forms a part of a generating facility or an end-recipient system connected to the grid of an electricity operator, the storage holder must communicate the data defined in detail in Article 43u(6) of the Energy Law to the grid operator within 7 days of the commissioning of the storage.

In the above case, the legislator also fails to provide for any sanctions is the data are not communicated within that time limit.

The template form for the notice referred to in Article 43g(5) of the Energy Law is specified in Annex 2 to the Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment of 21 October 2021 on the register of energy storages.

The electricity grid operator checks if the application is correct and if it is, the operator makes the entry.

The electricity system operator should make the entry within 14 days after the commissioning of the energy storage and after receiving the information referred to in Article 43g(5) of the Energy Law.

The party competent for making the entry is the electricity company, i.e. the operator of the electricity grid.

The entry in the register has no expiry date.

The existence of potential fees on the application for entry in the register of electricity storages must be verified with the competent operator of the electricity grid.

You can file the application online through the ePUAP service.