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Spain

Spain has a FIT law.

The main laws are Real Decreto 661/2007 de 25 de mayo, Real Decreto 1436/2002 from 27 December 2002, and Real Decreto 436/2004 (Establishing the Methodology for the Updating and Systematisation of the Legal and Economic Regime for Electric Power Production Legislation Development of the Spanish Electric Power Act. Vol. 8 (Spanish) (English).

Summary

The basic Spanish legal framework for promoting electricity generated from renewable resources was adopted on November 27, 1997 through the adoption of the Electricity Sector Act (Act 54/1997), which came into force on November 29, 1997. This Act governs generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. The Act sets out both an ordinary regime and a special regime to govern generation of electricity from renewable resources.

Royal Decree 661/2007, of May 25, regulates electricity generation from renewable sources as a special regime. The Decree allows the producer to choose between selling the energy to the distributor in return for a specified flat tariff for all the scheduling periods, or selling it directly on the day-ahead market or the futures market, or through a bilateral contract.

EC review and assessment

Read a summary of the European Commission’s 2005 review of Spain’s renewable electricity policies and of its 2007 assessment of Spain’s progress in meeting the target set out in Directive 2001/77/EC.

Legal analysis

Read an analysis of the Spanish laws.

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