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Registration to Green Certificates Market
On the Green Certificates Market the following companies (legal persons, sole proprietorships, family businesses, self-employed persons) provided in art. 10 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of ROFGCM are allowed to register:
- Producers of electricity from renewable energy sources authorized by ANRE (Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority) for applying the GC promotion system.
- Economic operators subject to purchasing green certificates from the GCM (Green Certificates Market):
- Electricity suppliers purchasing electricity both for their own end consumption, as well as for the sale of electricity to end clients.
- Electricity producers using electricity generated for their own end consumption, other than the proper technological consumption.
- Electricity producers using the electricity produced for the power supply of customers connected via direct lines to the power plant.
- Distribution operators and transport and system operators assimilated to the electricity supplier for the provision by self-supply of proper consumption points, other than the ones associated with the proper technological consumption coverage of distribution/transport power grid.
- Producers of electricity from renewable energy sources whose authorization decision for applying the GC promotion system has expired/has been withdrawn and who are registered as participants to the GCM based on an initial communication by the TSO (transport and system operator) for the issuance of GCs, for the trading of GCs recovered under the provisions of art. 6 paragraph. (22) of Law 220/27.10.2008 for establishing the system to promote the production of electricity from renewable energy sources,” republished as subsequently amended and supplemented, until the expiry of the GCs issued to the same.
All applicants will file to OPCOM a letter of intention to register as Participant to Green Certificates Market, accompanied by following documents:
- The application of the applicant to register as a GCM Participant, according to Annex no.1 (original signed).
- Green Certificates Market Participation Agreement.
- Certificate of Registration in the Trade Register (copy).
- ANRE decision on granting the License, if the applicant fulfills the conditions to hold a license according to Law 123 / 10.07.2012 (copy).
- The license granted by ANRE if the applicant fulfills the conditions to hold a license according to Law 123 / 10.07.2012 (copy).
- Annex with the electricity production units operated by the License holder, pursuant to the Conditions associated with the License – annex to the Decision for granting the License, as applicable, if the applicant meets the conditions for holding a license according to the law 123/10.07.2012 (copy).
- The ANRE decision concerning the certification for applying the promotion system by GC, for producers of electricity from renewable sources (copy), respectively the ANRE decision concerning the preliminary certification for applying the promotion system by GC, for producers of electricity from renewable sources undergoing probation (copy), followed by the submission of the documents provided 5.1.1.3.4. – 5.1.1.3.7 upon issuance of the Final Certification Decision.
- The first OTS notification for issuing a GC for producers of electricity from renewable sources of energy whose certification decision for applying the promotion system by GC has expired/has been withdrawn and who may re-register as participants to the GCM, for the trading of GCs recovered under the provisions of art. 6 para. (22) of Law 220/27.10.2008 for establishing the system to promote the production of electricity from renewable energy sources,” republished as subsequently amended and supplemented, until the expiry of the GCs issued to the same.
- The Connection Technical Evaluation Report/Connection Certificate issued by the Network Operator to which the electricity production output held by the producer of energy using electricity from proper consumption is connected, must purchase green certificates from the GCM, without holding power supply agreements concluded with the end consumers and without meeting the legal conditions for being granted a license by ANRE (copy).
- Notarized statement of the legal representative, showing that the economic operator represented falls within the category of economic operators obliged to purchase GCs, according to the model in Annex 2.
- Bailment Contract for the USB/Token Key required for access GCACSM and GCACTM ( 2 original copies signed by the legal representative of the company and, if applicable, stamped) according to the model published on the "OPCOM" S.A. website.
- Centralized document with the applicant's economic operator registration data, which includes:
- Applicant economic operator: full name, full headquarters address, full mailing address, order number in the Trade Register, Unique code of Fiscal Registration, telephone, fax, e-mail.
- Legal representative/representatives who sign in the name and on behalf of the company any document in relation to "OPCOM" S.A.: name and surname, telephone, fax, e-mail.
- The persons empowered by the legal representative/representatives to represent the company and to sign any document in relation to "OPCOM" S.A.: name and surname, telephone, fax, e-mail.
- Persons empowered by the legal representative/representatives to trade on behalf of the company on the GCM: name and surname, telephone, fax, e-mail.
- Contact persons responsible for the correspondence with "OPCOM" S.A. regarding the participation on the GCM: name and surname, telephone, fax, e-mail.
- Bank and IBAN bank account code.
- Contact persons responsible for the correspondence with "OPCOM" S.A. regarding the invoices: name and surname, phone, fax, e-mail.
The necessary steps for an applicant in the registering process as a participant in the Green Certificates Market:
1. Submission of a letter of intent to OPCOM, accompanied by the GCM specific documents;
2. Payment of the invoice corresponding to the payment obligation for the GCM regulated tariff - registration component (if appropriate).
Documents specific to the Green Certificates Market registration:
- Regulation on the organization and functioning of the Green Certificates Market, approved by the ANRE Order no. 77/2017 (consolidated form)
- Regulation for organization and functioning of the Green Certificates Market, approved by the ANRE Order no.77 / 2017.
- ANRE Order no. 127 / 22.12.2017 , regarding the modification of the Order of the president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 77/2017 for the approval of the Regulation for organization and functioning of the Green Certificates Market, published in: Official Gazette no. 1031 / 28.12.2017
- ANRE Order no. 65 / 29.03.2018 , regarding the amendment and completion of the Regulation for organization and functioning of the Green Certificates Market, approved by the Order of the President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 77/2017, published in: Official Gazette no. 289 / 30.03.2018
- ANRE Order no. 178 / 24.10.2018 , regarding the modification of the Order of the president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 77/2017 for the approval of the Regulation for organization and functioning of the Green Certificates Market, published in the Official Gazette no. 901 / 26.10.2018
- ANRE Order no. 46 / 29.03.2019 , regarding the amendment of the Order of the President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 77/2017 for the approval of the Regulation for organization and functioning of the Green Certificates Market, published in the Official Gazette no. 246 / 29.03.2019
- ANRE order 49 / 23.06.2021 , regarding the amendment of the Order of the President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 77/2017 for the approval of the Regulation for organization and functioning of the Green Certificates Market, published in the Official Gazette no. 623 / 24.06.2021
- ANRE order 94/ 29.06.2022 , regarding the amendment of the Order of the President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 77/2017 for the approval of the Regulation for organization and functioning of the Green Certificates Market, published in the Official Gazette no. 651 / 30.06.2022
- ANRE order 57/05.04.2023, regarding the amendment of the Order of the President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 77/2017 for the approval of the Regulation for organization and functioning of the Green Certificates Market, published in the Official Gazette no. 327/19.04.2023
- Procedure regarding participants registration to green certificates markets
- Declaration on own responsibility of the legal representative of the economic operator with GC purchasing obligation, in accordance with Annex 2
- The Green Certificates Markets Participation Agreement, applicable starting with 01.08.2024
- Addendum to the Market Participation Agreement - model for recording the modification of market participants' identification data.
- Unique Bailment Agreement for USB Token key necessary for access to trading platform
Note: If the participant has already signed the Bailment Contract for at least one of the centralized electricity markets, the Addendum to the Bailment Contract will be completed for access GCACSM and GCACTM.
- Addendum to the Bailment Contract for accessing GCACSM and GCACTM.
- Addendum to the Bailment Contract for legal representative change
- Addendum to the Bailment Contract for registered office change
- Addendum to the Bailment Contract for company name change
- Model for GC blocking request.
- Model for GC transfer from producer account to supplier account.
- Model for Request for temporary blocking / consumption of GC codes used in order to fulfill the obligation to purchase GC (Annex)