Act No. 251/2012 Coll. on energy and amendments to certain acts as amended

Country / jurisdiction: Slovak Republic · Year: 2012 · Status: In force · Level: National · Type: Voluntary

The Act transposes third energy package from the EU legislation., governing the issue of the energy market outlines:

a) The conditions for doing business in the energy sector, market access, rights and obligations of participants in the energy market;

b) Measures focused on security of power and gas supply and the functioning of the internal power and gas market;

c) Rights and obligations of persons whose rights and obligations may be affected by market participants in the energy sector;

d) State administration in energy sector;

e) State supervision and inspection of the business activities in the energy sector.

The Act includes a new mode of options how to separate production and supply activities from the operation of the distribution or transmission system network so called unbundling.

Defines small scale electricity generating facility which uses for electricity production only renewable energy sources (up to 10 kW installed capacity)

For the purposes of this Act, the general economic interest in the energy sector shall mean ensuring among other:

- preferential access to the system for the supply of electricity generated from renewable energy sources and electricity generated from domestic coal,

- utilization of renewable energy sources, combined heat and power, and domestic coal for the generation of electricity

- environmental protection;

The Act strengthens the rights of customer with emphasis on the protection of vulnerable customers, ensures all households customers of electricity and gas as well as SMEs to use versatile service that is right for electricity supply at a certain quality, reasonable, transparent, comparable and non-discriminatory prices. The Act also increases the transparency of the relationship between participants on the electricity and gas market.

Official source: https://www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/2012/251/20190101