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What it is

Bill to remove barriers to self-consuming electricity

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 10 May 2018. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Socialista Grupo Parlamentario Confederal de Unidos Podemos-En Comú Podem-En Marea Grupo Parlamentario Mixto.

Official title: Private member's bill on measures to promote self-consumption of electricity.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000241· updated 11 Nov

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  1. The bill would let you consume electricity from your own installation (for example, solar panels) without paying system charges or tolls, since it does not use the power grid. It would also eliminate the administrative registry for self-consumption, seen as an unnecessary burden.
  2. It would allow several consumers to share one self-consumption installation, considered key to making it work in apartment buildings. Nearby installations connected on the same internal or low-voltage network would count as close.
  3. Self-consumption installations that feed nothing into the grid would only need to meet technical regulations and file a simple notification, with no prior permits or grid connection point. Installations up to 100 kW with surpluses would be exempt from registering in the production registry.
  4. It would adapt the penalty system for self-consumption, with a maximum fine of 10% of annual electricity consumption billing for related offenses. It would repeal several sections of Royal Decree 900/2015 and require the Government to issue implementing rules within three months of entry into force.

Who it affects

  • People and businesses with solar panels or who want to install them: They would stop paying charges on the electricity they self-consume and would face fewer steps to legalize the installation.
  • Homeowners' associations and groups of consumers sharing an installation: They could share a single self-consumption installation, which was previously limited.
  • Consumers with surpluses fed into the grid: Their surpluses would be treated the same as energy from any other production installation.
  • The Government: It would have to approve the rules needed to apply the law within three months.

Words worth knowing

Autoconsumo (self-consumption)
Using electricity you produce yourself in a nearby installation, such as solar panels on your roof.
Peajes y cargos (tolls and charges)
Parts of the electricity bill that pay for use of the grids and other costs of the power system.
Excedentes (surpluses)
Electricity you produce but do not consume, so it could be fed into the grid.
Proposición de ley (bill)
A text introduced by parliamentary groups to be passed as a law. This one is not approved yet.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced10 May 2018Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted17 May 2018The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Jun 2018Sept 2018Dec 201811. 10 May 2018: Presentación22. 17 May 2018: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 17/05/2018 hasta 21/05/201833. 17 May 2018: Calificación44. 21 May 2018: Gobierno Contestación desde 21/05/2018 hasta 15/06/201855. 15 June 2018: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 15/06/2018 hasta 05/03/201966. 5 March 2019: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 05/03/2019 hasta 27/03/2019

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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