The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (“CRU“) has issued a decision to allow a single contracted Maximum Export Capacity (“MEC”) at a connection point to be dynamically shared between multiple generation and/or storage units behind the connection point.
The decision is available here: Decision on Sharing Maximum Export Capacity (MEC) behind a Single Connection Point. It follows the CRU’s 2025 consultation, which we looked at here: Potential Impact of Hybrid Connection Proposal on Priority Dispatch.
Scope
The decision applies to “Hybrid Co-located Projects”. The CRU defines these as projects that combine multiple forms of generation and/or storage technologies behind a single defined connection point to the distribution or transmission network where the generation units for the different technologies are individually sub-metered and registered, and operate independently of one another for market, settlement, and dispatch purposes.
