What Happens When Production Is Higher Than Consumption?
When you produce more electricity than you use in the same period, the difference is surplus. You can store it, share it, or see it leave through the meter.
- Official source
- Production above consumption
- Source language
- Albanian
- TradingDesk explanation
- English
Why it matters
Sunny hours and quiet buildings create this gap every day. It is normal. The useful question is what you are allowed to do with the extra electricity.
How it works
In that hour, production minus consumption is surplus. A battery can hold some of it for later. A community can be the place where that surplus is shared with other members. If neither applies, the surplus goes out through the connection and is handled under the self-producer or supply rules for your site.
For a market participant the same gap is later compared with the schedule. That is imbalance, and it is a different page. A household with rooftop solar is not automatically in that position.
Key rules / parameters
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| The gap | Production higher than use, in the same period |
| Store | A battery moves the surplus to a later hour |
| Share | A renewable energy community is one organised way to share it |
| Meter | What leaves the site is what the meter records |
TradingDesk context
Open Imbalance only if this site already has a schedule and a balance responsible party. Otherwise stay on the participation pages.
- 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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