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“In November of last year, I built a solar power plant, I paid 9 thousand. euros. I saved solar energy year-round so I can live warm in the winter and not have to pay for electricity. I saved 10 thousand. kilowatts, ”said V. Vidmantas.
However, in autumn, the current supplier of the interlocutor, Ignitis, reported that it intends to buy its accumulated energy for 0.04 euros each, and later it will be able to acquire it for 0.15 euros each. “I feel robbed and deceived by the Lithuanian state,” said V. Vidmantas.
The interlocutor later reported that the order that angered him had already changed. “My electricity will carry over to next year,” said the man who installed the solar power plant on the roof of the house.
V. Vidmantas has also explained that each month Ignitis pays 26 euros for the protection of its solar energy.
“For example, in the summer I produce a lot – 8 thousand. Kilowatts. The fact that they have those 8 thousand. I pay 26 euros. Now I only use 300, but in winter I will use 1.2 thousand. Kilowatts. Then I will continue to pay them for storage the rest of the year, but they will give me back that energy of mine (which I have now given to the networks) ”, he said.
Created an opportunity
According to the Ignitis website, by entering into an electricity supply contract with an independent electricity supplier, the amount of electricity generated by the generator consumer from April 1 of this year to the contract termination date can be transferred to a new provider for additional use and storage or canceled and reimbursed in monetary terms under the conditions specified in the contract.
“The value of the amount of electricity accumulated and compensated is determined according to the arithmetic mean of the prices in the Lithuanian price zone of the Nord Pool energy exchange for the calendar months from April to August, multiplied by the amount of electricity accumulated but not recovered “, explains 0.04 EUR offered to Vidmantas. price.
It is also indicated that the payment method for the use of the networks by the producer who makes the change does not change. Producer customers can supply generated and unused electricity to the grid and, if necessary, pay for and recover grid service. This service is provided by the Power Distribution Operator.
According to Lukas Simonas Zadarackas, Ignitis’ public relations communication project manager in Delfi, the order from the Minister of Energy, which changed the procedure for producers to switch electricity providers, came into effect on September 18 this year.
“The amended rules created an opportunity to transfer the electricity stored by the generator consumer by choosing a new supplier.” These rules came into effect retroactively, which means that as of April 1, 2020, all generation consumers who have chosen another electricity supplier will also have their stored energy transferred to them, “he said.
According to UAB Ignitis data, there are currently around 7.3 thousand people in Lithuania. producer consumers.
The problem has been revealed
Aistė Griškonytė, Advisor to the Operations Management Division of the State Energy Regulatory Council (VERT), said that with the start of the liberalization process, the problem mentioned by V. Vidmanas, who wrote to Delfi, regarding the settlement of electricity produced and not used by a producer when changing supplier.
“The Ministry of Energy provided VERT to coordinate the amendment to the Electricity Supply and Use Regulations approved by Order of the Ministry of Energy, which proposed to provide the producer with the possibility of transferring the electricity produced and not used (accumulated electricity) to a new supplier or receive compensation.
This change was accepted and the consumers who now produce can transfer the accumulated amount of electricity to a new supplier ”, he said.
Alina Žilinaitė, Senior Communication Specialist at the Ministry of Energy, added that when generating consumers previously switched electricity providers, they could only settle with them after the end of the accumulation period.
“After the entry into force of this order, the settlement with the producer consumers will be as provided in the contracts, but no later than 60 days.
There is also an opportunity for generating consumers to transfer their accumulated electricity to a new electricity supplier. In this case, the suppliers have to agree on all the details of the settlement according to the methodology provided in the order, ”he said.
A. Žilinaitė pointed out that this procedure is already valid for all generating consumers who change their electricity supplier.
“Electricity that has been produced since April 1 of this year will be billed or transferred in this way, and only in cases where the producer has not been compensated for the electricity before the order enters into force.
This decision was made in order to improve conditions and create a more favorable environment for consumers, ”said a representative of the ministry.
As you know, as of 2021, domestic consumers consume more than 5,000. kWh of electricity per year, you will have to buy electricity from an independent supplier of your choice. Consumers who consume less electricity will be able to enter the “free market” gradually by 2023.
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