Announcement on the Installation of Remote Monitoring and Remote Control Systems by Self-Producers

15/01/2026

Pursuant to Article 9A of Law (Government Gazette A’ 129/04.07.2022), as amended and in force, self-producers[1]  operating photovoltaic stations connected to the Interconnected System, with an installed station capacity exceeding 400 kW, are required to install remote monitoring and remote control systems within a time limit of eight (8) months from the date of this announcement/notification, i.e. by  15/09/2026. In particular, photovoltaic stations connected to the electricity consumption installation (“behind the meter”) shall comply with the specifications set out in the present announcement, whereas photovoltaic stations operating under virtual offsetting schemes shall comply with the specifications applicable to the remote monitoring and remote control systems of independent producers.

Following completion of the installation of the required specified equipment within the above deadline, obligated parties shall submit a Declaration of Compliance, accompanied by the “Equipment Inspection Protocol – Station”, and the “Equipment Inspection Protocol – SCADA/DMS”, via the electronic application submission platform for RES and CHP stations. Failing this, the Operator shall proceed with the deactivation of the connection of the installation to the Network until compliance with the above requirement is confirmed.

For stations that are not yet in operation, installation of the remote monitoring/remote control equipment constitutes a prerequisite for the activation of their connection. Certification of the operational functionality of the equipment shall be carried out after the station is energized. For this reason, the self-producer, in addition to the other supporting documents submitted for station activation, shall also submit a Declaration stating that the remote monitoring/remote control system has already been installed and that, within two (2) months from the activation of the station, the necessary tests and inspections will be carried out so that the system becomes operational and complies with the Operator’s requirements; otherwise, the Operator shall be entitled to deactivate the station’s connection. Compliance shall be demonstrated through the submission of the relevant Declaration of Compliance and accompanying protocols, in the same manner as applies to stations already in operation.

In the context of implementing the above requirements and ensuring the necessary communication between the Operator and the interested parties for the verification of remote control of the station from the Network Control Center, self-producers are requested to update their contact details via the electronic application submission platform for RES and CHP stations, using IAPR (Taxisnet) credentials. Please note that, if communication cannot be established in order to carry out the inspections and tests of the station’s remote monitoring/remote control system, the Operator shall proceed immediately with the deactivation of the station’s connection.

In cases where ownership of the station has changed and such change has not yet been notified to the Operator, a request for change of station operator must be submitted through the electronic application submission platform for RES and CHP stations, together with the required supporting documentation, to enable the use of the platform for uploading the Declaration of Compliance and the protocols by the station holder.

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[1] This obligation applies to self-producers with photovoltaic installations of all categories, namely photovoltaic systems with energy net metering, photovoltaic systems with real-time net metering, systems with or without remuneration for injected energy, systems with or without injection into the Network, virtual energy net metering schemes, virtual real-time net metering schemes, systems with or without energy storage.