What Happens to Electricity I Don't Consume?
Electricity you produce and do not use does not disappear. It can go to the grid, a battery, a community, or a buyer, under the rules that apply to your connection.
- Official source
- Surplus electricity from a producer who also consumes
- Source language
- Albanian
- TradingDesk explanation
- English
Why it matters
Panels and small plants often produce more than the building needs in that hour. That surplus still has to go somewhere. The meter is what shows it.
How it works
If you do not use it, and you do not store it, it flows out through your connection. For a self-producer, the distribution company and the connection rules decide how that outflow is counted and billed. Sharing it inside a community, or selling it, is a further step. It is not automatic just because the panels produced it.
Read the 2019 self-producer instruction for the older procedure, and Law 24/2023 for the later renewable-energy framework. Do not treat a 2019 number as still current until you check whether a later act changed it.
Key rules / parameters
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| On site | What you use yourself never has to be sold |
| Outflow | Surplus that leaves the site is measured at the meter |
| Not automatic | Sharing or selling needs the path that the rules allow for your site |
| Where to read | Self-producer instruction and Law 24/2023 |
TradingDesk context
On a trading desk this same gap is called a position versus actual energy. For a household it first shows up as a bill and a meter, not as an exchange order.
- Source authority
- Source: Republic of Albania
- Publication date
- 2023-03-23
- Official title
- Ligji nr. 24/2023, datë 23.3.2023, për energjinë e rinovueshme
- Source language
- Albanian
- Last updated
- 2026-09-30
- Official source
ligj_nr._24_dt._23.3.2023.pdf
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