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German Court Upholds Grid Connection Charges for Battery Projects
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German court upholds grid connection charges for battery projects
Germany’s top court has ruled that distribution network operators may require battery storage projects to pay grid connection fees, calling the charges fair as they help prevent overbuilding and shield consumers from excess system costs.From ESS News Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Karlsruhe has upheld the legality of grid connection payments for battery storage systems. This decision by the Cartel Senate had already been anticipated…
In their judgment, Karlsruhe judges do not consider that the Federal Network Agency is obliged to prohibit distribution network operators from collecting construction costs subsidies according to the performance price model. Rather, they consider construction costs subsidies for battery storage to be justified, whereby they recognise discretionary margin among distribution network operators.On the other hand, the BGH considers a possible aboliti…
The Federal Court of Justice has ruled that the Federal Network Agency is not obligated to prohibit the operator of a local electricity distribution grid from collecting a construction cost subsidy for the grid connection of a battery storage system. The Federal Court of Justice announced this on Tuesday in Karlsruhe. The appeal court's ruling, which had required the Federal Network Agency to reconsider the battery storage operator's application…
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