New renewable energy regulatory framework

Key aspects

Decree-Law 99/2024, published on December 3, introduces notable changes to Portugal’s renewable energy regulatory framework by:

• simplifying licensing procedures and making it easier to connect production plants to the grid;

•  streamlining decentralized energy production and expanding the hybridization concept to include storage;

• introducing new rules for compensating municipalities, increasing the compensation to be made considering the connection power;

•  simplifying the rules for using areas in the national agricultural reserve (RAN) and for registering small-scale renewable energy production units; and

•  adjusting the status of electro-intensive consumers to better align with European Union law, benefiting eligible productive sectors.