Republic of Latvia Cabinet Regulation No. 883 Adopted 11 August 2009

Regulations Regarding Permits for Increasing Electricity Production Capacities or the Introduction of New Production Equipment

Issued pursuant to
Section 22, Paragraph one of the
Electricity Market Law

1. These Regulations prescribe the requirements to be met in order to receive a permit for increasing electricity production capacities or the introduction of new production equipment (hereinafter - permit), as well as the procedures for the issuance, cancellation and extension of the period of validity of the permit.

2. An applicant shall complete an application for the receipt of a permit for increasing electricity production capacities or the introduction of new production equipment (hereinafter - application) (Annex 1) and submit it to the ministry responsible for the energy sector (hereinafter - ministry). The following shall be appended to the application:

2.1. a site plan of the planned electricity station on the immovable property in the scale of 1:500. If, in accordance with the Protection Zone Law, a protection zone has been specified for an electricity production equipment, the height of the electricity production equipment and the site of the protection zone to full extent shall be indicated in the plan;

2.2. a technical description of the electricity production equipment to be installed in accordance with Annex 2 to these Regulations;

2.3. a copy of the document confirming the possession right regarding the immovable property, on which the introduction of the new electricity production equipment or increasing the existing electricity production capacities is planned, if the respective immovable property is not owned by the applicant or if his or her possession right have not been recorded in the Land Register. If it is planned to introduce new electricity production equipment or to increase the electricity production capacities in the territorial waters of the Republic of Latvia or in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Latvia, the name, number and date of such legal act shall be indicated in the application, by which the producer of electricity has been granted the right to use the territorial waters of the Republic of Latvia or the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Latvia for the respective purpose, in accordance with Section 11 of the Law On the Continental Shelf and Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Latvia.

3. The ministry shall examine the submitted documents, verify the veracity of the information indicated therein and, within 30 days, take a decision regarding the issuance of a permit.

4. If the information indicated in the submitted documents is insufficient, incorrect or inaccurate, the ministry shall inform the applicant regarding the detected deficiencies and shall determine a time period for elimination of the deficiencies.

5. If the applicant does not provide all the necessary information or documents within the time period specified by the ministry, the ministry shall take a decision regarding the refusal to issue a permit.

6. The applicant shall, within 24 months after the date of the coming into effect of the decision referred to in Paragraph 3 of these Regulations, commence the building of the electricity production equipment indicated in the decision or the increase of the electricity production capacities and inform the ministry thereof in writing, submitting a certification (Annex 3). The ministry shall verify the veracity of the information indicated in the submitted documents, as well as is also entitled to verify whether building of the respective electricity production equipment or the increase in capacities has been commenced.

7. If an applicant does not fulfil the duty referred to in Paragraph 6 of these Regulations or the ministry establishes during verification that building of the electricity production equipment or increase in capacities has not been commenced, the ministry shall, within 30 days after the term referred to in Paragraph 6 of these Regulations, take a decision regarding the revocation of the decision referred to in Paragraph 3 of these Regulations and send it to the electricity producer, the regulator, the public trader and electricity system operator.

8. The recipient of the permit shall, within 30 days after implementation of the activities permitted in the decision, inform the ministry thereof, submitting a certification regarding the connection of the electricity production equipment to the electricity grid (Annex 4) and a copy of the deed regarding the connection of the electricity production equipment to the electricity grid.

9. The period of validity of a permit shall be:

9.1. three years, if the ministry has issued a permit to introduce new electricity production equipment, the capacity of which is one megawatt or less, or if the existing electricity production capacities are increased by one megawatt or less; or

9.2. five years, if the ministry has issued a permit to introduce new electricity production equipment, the capacity of which exceeds one megawatt, or if the existing electricity production capacities are increased by more than one megawatt.

10. An applicant is entitled to request an extension of the validity period of a permit three months prior to the expiry date of the permit, if he or she provides information regarding the process of implementation of a project of increasing electricity production capacities or the introduction of new production equipment and a justification why it is not possible to implement the project within the term specified in the permit. The ministry is entitled to extend the validity period of the permit by not more than two years.

11. The ministry shall send the permits, in which the introduction of new electricity production equipment or increasing electricity production capacities by more than one megawatt is allowed, without delay to the regulator and the operator of the electricity transmission system.

12. The ministry shall aggregate the permits, in which the introduction of new electricity production equipment or increasing electricity production capacities by one megawatt or less is allowed, and shall once a year (by 31 March) send the aggregated information to the regulator and the operator of the electricity transmission system.

13. The ministry shall register and record all the issued decisions referred to in Paragraph 3 of these Regulations. The ministry shall publish a list of the referred to decisions on the Internet homepage thereof and update it on the first working day of each month, indicating the date of issuance thereof, the merchant company, the registration number, the legal address, the type of power plant and the capacities installed.

14. Cabinet Regulation No. 695 of 29 August 2006, Regulations Regarding Permits for Increasing Electricity Production Capacities or the Introduction of New Production Equipment (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2006, No. 140), is repealed.

15. Applications for the receipt of a permit to increase electricity production capacities or to introduce new production equipment, which have been submitted by the date of the coming into force of these Regulations, shall be examined in accordance with the procedures specified in Cabinet Regulation No. 695 of 29 August 2006, Regulations Regarding Permits for Increasing Electricity Production Capacities or the Introduction of New Production Equipment.

Prime Minister V. Dombrovskis

Acting for the Minister for Economics -
Minister for Finance E. Repše

 

Annex 1
Cabinet Regulation No. 883
11 August 2009

Application for the Receipt of a Permit for Increasing Electricity Production Capacities or the Introduction of New Production Equipment

On the basis of Paragraph 2 of Cabinet Regulation No. 883 of 11 August 2009, Regulations Regarding Permits for Increasing Electricity Production Capacities or the Introduction of New Production Equipment,

	submits an application
(firm name of merchant)

for the increase of electricity production capacities/the installation of new production equipment.

The electricity production capacities are intended for (mark the appropriate):

commercial activities
production as an autonomous producer in order to consume the electricity produced for own needs

1. Information regarding the applicant:

1.1. registration number in the commercial register
1.2. legal address
1.3. authorised person (given name, surname, position)
1.4. telephone number of the authorised person
1.5. fax number (if any)
1.6. e-mail address (if any)

2. Information regarding existing electricity production capacities, which it is intended to increase¹:

2.1. address of the power plant ___________________________________________

2.2. electricity system operator, to the system of which the power plant is connected

2.3. voltage of connection of the power plant _____________________kW

2.4. type of the power plant (mark as appropriate)

Condensation power plant	Cogeneration power plant	Wind power plant	Hydroelectric power plant	Power plant of a different type (indicate the type)

2.5. operating data of the power plant in the preceding year:

2.5.1. the installed electricity production capacities __________MW

2.5.2. the produced amount of electricity _______________ MWh

2.5.3. the amount of electricity transferred into the network _______________ MWh

2.5.4. the type of heating fuel used (if more than one type of heating fuel is used in the power plant, each type of heating fuel shall be indicated)_________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

2.5.5. the heating fuel consumption _________________________

2.5.6. the thermal energy production capacities installed ___________________MW²

2.5.7. the produced amount of thermal energy ___________________MWh²

2.6. information regarding the power plant after the increase in capacities:

2.6.1. the voltage of connection of the power plant after the increase in capacities ____kW

2.6.2. the amount by which it is planned to increase the installed electricity production capacities ______________________________________________MW

2.6.3. the planned installed electricity production capacities after the increase ________ MW

2.6.4. the planned thermal energy production capacities after the increase ______MW²

2.6.5. the planned amount of electricity production per year after the increase in capacities _______________________________________ MWh

2.6.6. the planned amount of electricity production per year after the increase in capacities _______________________________________ MWh

2.6.7. the planned heating fuel and the calorific value thereof after the increase in capacities_______________________________________________________

2.6.8. the planned consumption of heating fuel after the increase in capacities (if more than one type of heating fuel is used in the power plant, each type of heating fuel shall be indicated) _________________________________

2.6.9. the planned amount of thermal energy production per year after increase in capacities_______________________________________MWh²

3. Information regarding the planned new electricity production equipment³:

3.1. the type of power plant (mark as appropriate):

Condensation power plant	Cogeneration power plant	Wind power plant	Hydroelectric power plant	Power plant of a different type (indicate the type)

3.2. the planned location of the power plant:

3.2.1. administrative territory _______________________________________

3.2.2. address and cadastre number of the immovable property. If it is planned to build a power plant in the territorial waters of the Republic of Latvia or in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Latvia, the coordinates of the vertices of the area in the World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS 84) shall be indicated_________________

3.2.3. the regulatory enactment by which an applicant has been granted the right to introduce new electricity production equipment in the territorial waters of the Republic of Latvia or in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Latvia, No._____, date_____⁴

3.3. system operator, to the system of which it is planned to connect the power plant_______

3.4. voltage of connection of the power plant _____________________kW

3.5. the planned electricity production capacities to be installed __________MW

3.6. the planned amount of electricity production per year _______________ MWh

3.7. the planned amount of electricity transferred into the network per year _______________ MWh

3.8. the planned heating fuel and calorific value thereof ___________________

3.9. the planned consumption of heating fuel per year (if it is planned to use several types of heating fuel in the power station, information shall be indicated regarding each type of heating fuel)_______________________________________________________________________

3.10. the planned thermal energy production capacities ___________________MW²

3.11. the planned amount of heating energy production per year __________MWh²

Authorised official of the merchant
	(position, given name, surname, signature5)

Date5
Prepared by
	(given name, surname, signature)

¹ To be completed if it is planned to increase the existing capacities.

² To be completed for cogeneration units.

³ To be completed only if installation of new electricity production equipment is planned.

⁴ To be completed if introduction of new electricity production equipment or increasing the existing electricity production capacities is planned in the territorial waters of the Republic of Latvia or in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Latvia.

⁵ The details of the document "signature" and "date" shall not be filled in if the electronic document has been drawn up in conformity with the regulatory enactments regarding the drawing up of electronic documents.

Acting for the Minister for Economics -
Minister for Finance E. Repše

 

Annex 2
Cabinet Regulation No. 883
11 August 2009

Technical Indicators for the Planned New Electricity Production Equipment to be Installed or for the Increase of Equipment Capacities

1. Technical indicators for wind electricity production equipment:

1.1. number of electricity generating units ________________________

1.2. maximum electricity production capacities (for each generating unit separately) _____kW

1.3. rotor diameter (for each generating unit separately) ________________m

1.4. for equipment with a horizontal rotation axis - the height from ground level to the rotor axis (for each generating unit separately) _____________m

1.5. for equipment with a vertical rotation axis - the height from ground level to the highest point of the equipment (for each generation unit separately) _____________m

1.6. standard class of equipment (IEC) _________________________________

2. Technical indicators for cogeneration electricity production equipment:

2.1. number of electricity generating units ____________________________

2.2. type of heating fuel (for each generating unit separately) ____________

2.3. type of cogeneration technology (for each generating unit separately) ____________

2.4. electricity production capacities (for each generating unit separately) __________kW

2.5. thermal energy production capacities (for each generating unit separately) __________kW

2.6. efficiency coefficient (for each generating unit separately) ____________

3. Technical indicators for condensation electricity production equipment:

3.1. number of electricity generating units ________________________

3.2. type of heating fuel (for each generating unit separately) ____________

3.3. type of technology (for each generating unit separately) ____________

3.4. electricity production capacities (for each generating unit separately) __________kW

3.5. efficiency coefficient (for each generating unit separately) ____________

3.6. cooling technology _____________________________________________

4. Technical indicators for hydroelectric power plant electricity production equipment:

4.1. number of electricity generating units ____________________________

4.2. electricity production capacities (for each generating unit separately) __________kW

4.3. type of hydro turbine (for each generating unit separately)____________

4.4. flow rate (for each generating unit separately)_______________m³/s

4.5. gradient (for each generating unit separately)_________________m

5. Technical indicators for solar power plant electricity production equipment:

5.1. electricity production capacities _________________________________kW

5.2. type of technology _____________________________________________

5.3. efficiency coefficient ___________________________________________

5.4. area occupied by the equipment ____________________________m²

Acting for the Minister for Economics -
Minister for Finance E. Repše

 

Annex 3
Cabinet Regulation No. 883
11 August 2009

____________________ (date)

to the Ministry of Economics

Certification Regarding the Commencement of Increasing Electricity Production Capacities/Introduction of New Production Equipment

I certify that on____________(date),

on the basis of the building permit No. ________ issued by the building authority on __________(date) _________________ (firm name of merchant, registration number) commenced the building of electricity production equipment/the increase of electricity production capacities in accordance with Decision No._____ of ________ (date) of the Ministry of Economics and undertakes to observe the deadlines and requirements specified in regulatory enactments and in the building permit.

Authorised official of the merchant
	(position, given name, surname, signature*)

Date*______________

Prepared by
	(given name, surname, signature*)

^* The details of the document "signature" and "date" shall not be filled in if the electronic document has been prepared in conformity with the regulatory enactments regarding the drawing up of electronic documents.

Acting for the Minister for Economics -
Minister for Finance E. Repše

 

Annex 4
Cabinet Regulation No. 883
11 August 2009

____________________ (date)

to the Ministry of Economics

Certification Regarding the Increased Electricity Production Capacities/Connection of New Production Equipment to the Electricity Grid

I certify that
	(firm name of merchant, registration number)

on _____________(date) has connected new electricity production equipment/the increased electricity production capacities to the grid of the operator of electricity system

(firm name of the operator)

in accordance with Decision No. ____ of _____ (date) of the Ministry of Economics.

Appended: a copy of the deed regarding the connection of electricity production equipment to the electricity grid.

Authorised official of the merchant
	(position, given name, surname, signature*)

Date* ________________

Prepared by
	(given name, surname, signature*)

^* The details of the document "signature" and "date" shall not be filled in if the electronic document has been prepared in conformity with the regulatory enactments regarding the drawing up of electronic documents.

Acting for the Minister for Economics -
Minister for Finance E. Repše

 

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