Law on Electricity

Updated: 10.01.2019

Name (orig)

Ligj për energjinë elektrike

Name (English)

Law on Electricity

Entry into force

01.07.2016

Purpose

This Law establishes rules for generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity in the Republic of Kosovo. It partially transposes EU legislation, including the Directive 2009/72/EC on common rules for the

internal market in electricity and the Regulation 714/2009/EC on conditions for access to the grid for cross-border exchanges in electricity.

Relevance for renewable energy

The Law regulates certificates of origin for electricity produced from renewable energy sources. It also reaffirms the priority dispatch for electricity from renewable energy.

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