Recent development
On December 23, 2015, the Energy Market Regulatory Authority
("EMRA") amended the Electricity Market
License Regulation. While some of the amendments only clarify
existing rules, others bring significant changes for pre license
applications, license holder obligations, and pre-license
amendments.
What the Regulation says
Amendments related to the pre-license applications:
- Applicants must now submit an environmental impact assessment
("EIA") decision for the project along with the
pre-license application. Wind, solar, geothermal and hydroelectric
power plant applicants are exempt from this obligation and may
obtain an EIA decision during the pre-license period and submit it
to EMRA before the expiration of the pre-license period. In the
previous version of the regulation, all EIA decisions were to be
submitted to EMRA during the pre-license period.
