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The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) is reacting to the effects of the corona virus and is adapting the mechanism for the tendering of renewable energies and CHP plants. The dates of the call for tenders and the implementation of the call for tenders will not be adjusted in the process. However, the successful bidders will not already be awarded the contract, but will first receive an assurance, so that the deadlines associated with the award will not yet begin to run. In addition, the BNetzA announces that for bids for #Wind energy on land and biomass that have already been awarded the implementation deadlines would be granted unbureaucratically by informal application.

The Market Master Data Register (MaStR) is the register for the German electricity and gas market and is managed by the Federal Network Agency. In MaStR, the master data for electricity and gas generation plants must be registered. In addition, the master data of market players such as plant operators, grid operators, and energy suppliers must be registered. MaStR is available online not only to the authorities but also to market players and the public. At the same time, various existing registration obligations are to be bundled in the market master data register. Due to the repeated postponement of the opening of the web portal, however, the registration obligations could only be fulfilled insufficiently so far or had to be carried out for EEG plants in the plant register.

At the "27th Wind Energy Day"; in Linstow on 6 November 2018, attorney Dr. Florian Brahms gave a lecture on the subject of "Summarising plants and negative electricity prices in the Renewable Energy Sources Act". Please find the presentation slides under the following link. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

On 27 September 2018, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) published a draft bill to amend the Market Master Data Register Regulations (MaStRV). The main (necessary) changes are as follows: Greater protection of personal data with regard to publications concerning smaller installations with an installed capacity of up to 30 kW and adjustment of deadlines for delays in the commissioning of the web portal. Registrations of market players, units, EEG and CHP plants and projects, which have been submitted within the first 24 months after the launch of the web portal, should be officially reported as punctual. In addition to linguistic smoothing, there are some fine adjustments regarding registration obligations.

We have joined the German-French Office for the Energy Turnaround in order to provide legal and scientific support for the energy turnaround not only in Germany but also in France via the DFBEW platform. After joining the Forum Contracting e. V. and the Bundesverband Energiespeicher e. V. (German Energy Storage Association) (BVES), we are intensifying our commitment to a climate-friendly and sustainable energy supply by transferring knowledge, advising and supporting associations and platforms in order to meet the interests of our increasingly international client structure.

The BMWi published the first field report on the amended EEG 2017 at the beginning of June 2018. The report serves the purpose of developing recommendations for the further development of the EEG as well as recommendations for the further development of the WindSeeG for the German Bundestag, whereby for the first time it is justified to obtain scientific opinions. With regard to the system integration of renewable energy, the report highlights the challenge of lowering the barrier of mandatory direct marketing from 500 kW to 100 kW. Nevertheless, the share of renewable energies in gross electricity consumption rose to 36. 2 percent in 2017, according to the experience report.