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Regulation
Laws, ERE decisions, market rules, licensing, renewables, aggregation and storage.
Laws
Primary legislation affecting the electricity market. Official texts are named with their authority.
4 items
ERE decisions
ERE board decisions and regulatory acts, always labelled Source: ERE when an official text is attached.
7 items
Market rules
Practical market rules for day-ahead, intraday, nomination, balancing and settlement.
6 items
Licensing
Licensing topics for market participation. Official requirements stay with the regulator.
6 items
Renewable energy
Renewable-energy rules and topics that affect production, support schemes and market participation.
7 items
Aggregation
Rules and topics for combining assets or participants into one market position.
1 items
Storage
Battery and storage topics that affect charge, discharge and market participation.
1 items
In this section
Grid and nomination rules
Nomination, metering and aggregation requirements for assets participating in the market.
Source: ERE / OST · 2008-10-24
nomination · metering · aggregation
Read moreBalancing rules
Scheduled versus actual energy, imbalance exposure and the balancing energy used to correct it.
Source: ERE / OST · 2020-07-02
balancing · imbalance · BRP
Read moreLaw 59/2026, Electricity Sector
Primary Albanian law on the electricity sector. Official text is Albanian. TradingDesk publishes an English explanation, not a substitute for the act.
Source: Republic of Albania · 2026-06-18
law · ERE · electricity sector
Read moreLaw 24/2023, Renewable Energy
Albanian renewable-energy law relevant to support schemes, production and how renewables participate in the market. Official text is Albanian.
Source: Republic of Albania · 2023-03-23
law · renewable · RES
Read moreAlbanian Electricity Market Rules
The market rules that sit under the sector law and ERE decisions, including additions that ALPEX and participants must follow. Official language is Albanian.
Source: ERE · 2017-12-28
market rules · ERE · ALPEX
Read moreAlbanian Electricity Balancing Rules
The official rules for balancing energy, imbalance calculation and the duties of BRPs in Albania. Official language is Albanian.
Source: ERE / OST · 2020-07-02
balancing rules · OST · ERE · imbalance
Read moreERE
ERE is the Energy Regulatory Authority of Albania. It licenses participants, adopts market and balancing rules, and publishes board decisions.
Source: ERE
ERE · regulator · licensing
Read moreERE Decisions
ERE board decisions are the dated official acts that approve operations, amend rules or set parameters. Each important decision should become its own Wiki item.
Source: ERE / ALPEX index
ERE · decisions · official
Read moreLicensing in the Electricity Sector
Licenses from ERE decide who may generate, supply, trade, operate networks or aggregate. ALPEX membership is a separate exchange process.
Source: ERE · 2026-06-18
licensing · ERE · participation
Read moreAggregation
Aggregation combines several assets or sites into one market position or balancing perimeter, under the license and BRP rules that apply in Albania.
Source: ERE · 2026-06-18
aggregation · portfolio · BRP
Read moreEnergy Storage
Storage (including batteries) charges and discharges into the same Albanian market chain: ALPEX, nominations, balancing group and imbalance.
Source: ERE / sector law · 2026-06-18
storage · BESS · flexibility
Read moreImportant ERE decisions
A short list of ERE decisions the Albanian desk should keep next to ALPEX. Each item is official; the English note is TradingDesk.
Source: ERE
ERE · decisions · important
Read moreHow Albanian electricity law sits above the market
The desk reads a stack: sector law, renewable-energy law, ERE decisions, market and balancing rules, then ALPEX and OST procedures. Official texts stay Albanian. This page is the English map.
Source: Republic of Albania / ERE · 2026-06-18
law · ERE · market rules · stack
Read moreRenewable energy in the Albanian market
How renewable plants still create an hourly position on ALPEX, still need a BRP, and still create imbalance when the forecast is wrong. Support rules live in Law 24/2023 and ERE acts, not on the trading screen.
Source: Republic of Albania / ERE · 2023-03-23
renewable · RES · forecast · imbalance
Read moreLicensing and market access
ERE licensing and ALPEX membership are different doors. A desk cannot nominate for an entity that is not allowed on the market, and exchange access does not replace a sector license.
Source: ERE / ALPEX · 2026-06-18
licensing · ERE · ALPEX · participation
Read moreERE Decision 127/07.04.2023
ERE board decision on the commencement of ALPEX operations. Official text is Albanian. English here is a TradingDesk note, not the decision.
Source: ERE · 2023-04-07
ERE · ALPEX · decision
Read moreERE Decision 139/14.04.2023
ERE board decision on day-ahead min/max price limits. Official text is Albanian. English here is a TradingDesk note.
Source: ERE · 2023-04-14
ERE · price limits · day-ahead
Read moreERE Decision 106/23.03.2023
ERE board decision adding to the Electricity Market Rules. Official text is Albanian. English here is a TradingDesk note.
Source: ERE · 2023-03-23
ERE · market rules · decision
Read moreEEA: Energy prosumers in Europe (2022)
European Environment Agency report on citizens who both produce and consume energy. EU background, not Albanian law. Useful topics for later Wiki pages: prosumers, energy communities, self-consumption, storage and flexibility.
Source: European Environment Agency · 2022-09-23
EU · EEA · prosumer · energy community
Read moreMIE Instruction 3/20.06.2019, self-producers
Ministry instruction on the simplified authorisation for connecting small solar self-producer projects to the distribution system. Official Albanian text. Read it next to Law 24/2023, because later law may have changed parts of this 2019 procedure.
Source: Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy · 2019-06-20
udhëzim · vetëprodhues · OSHEE · PV
Read moreRenewable energy communities (KER)
Ministry instruction of 29 June 2026 on renewable energy communities in Albania (KER, also called REC). A local group that produces, stores, shares and uses renewable energy for the benefit of its members and the area. Official text is Albanian.
Source: Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy · 2026-06-29
KER · REC · udhëzim · energy community · energy sharing
Read moreERE Decision 268/11.09.2026, KER registration
ERE rules for registering a renewable energy community, keeping the public register, and suspending that status. Board decision of 11 September 2026. Official text is Albanian. The file title still says Projekt-Rregullore.
Source: ERE · 2026-09-11
ERE · KER · REC · register
Read moreERE Decision 269/11.09.2026, KER membership
The model membership agreement for a renewable energy community. It sets the member's rights, the shared energy, the meter, the money, and how a member can leave. Board decision of 11 September 2026. Official text is Albanian. The file title still says Projekt-Marrëveshje tip.
Source: ERE · 2026-09-11
ERE · KER · REC · membership · energy sharing
Read moreLaw 28/2021, energy-efficiency amendments
Albanian law of 8 March 2021 amending the energy-efficiency framework (Law 124/2015). Official text is Albanian. This is about using energy better, not about ALPEX day-ahead trading.
Source: Republic of Albania · 2021-03-08
law · energy efficiency · ESCO
Read moreERE regulation, closed distribution systems (2017)
ERE regulation on how a distribution system is classified as closed. Official Albanian text, approved 27 July 2017. This is about a private industrial or commercial grid, not about ALPEX day-ahead trading.
Source: ERE · 2017-07-27
ERE · closed distribution · licensing · OSHEE
Read moreERE regulation, end-customer supply conditions (2017)
ERE regulation on the general conditions of electricity supply for end customers. Official Albanian text, approved 18 December 2017. This is the retail supply contract layer, not ALPEX day-ahead trading.
Source: ERE · 2017-12-18
ERE · supply · end customer · billing
Read moreERE Decision 347/27.12.2022, ALPEX market rules
ERE board decision of 27 December 2022 approving the ALPEX electricity market rules (definitions, trading procedure, clearing and settlement). Official Albanian text. This is the exchange rulebook, not the 2017 ERE market-rules file.
Source: ERE · 2022-12-27
ERE · ALPEX · market rules · decision
Read moreDistribution Code (ERE 100/26.08.2008)
ERE Distribution Code for how the DSO plans, operates and connects users on the distribution system. Official Albanian text, approved 26 August 2008. This is the public distribution grid code, not ALPEX.
Source: ERE · 2008-08-26
ERE · OSSH · distribution · grid code
Read moreOfficial documents on file
Download list of the official PDFs attached to this Wiki: laws, ALPEX rules, balancing rules, ERE acts, the 2008 grid codes and the EFET power master agreement. English on Wiki pages is TradingDesk, not the legal text.
Source: ERE / Republic of Albania / ALPEX / OST
PDF · official · download
Read moreOTC and bilateral contracts
Bilateral and OTC deals sit next to ALPEX. Physical internal OTC is treated as financial in the later ALPEX rules, with physical energy going through the exchange. Read the official PDFs for the live wording.
Source: ERE / ALPEX · 2022-12-27
OTC · bilateral · ALPEX
Read moreEnd customer and market participant
An end customer buys electricity for own use under the 2017 supply regulation. A market participant holds a license, a BRP duty and, if they trade, ALPEX membership. TradingDesk users can sit in either seat.
Source: ERE · 2017-12-18
end customer · supply · BRP · ALPEX
Read moreEFET General Agreement (Power)
European Federation of Energy Traders master contract for the delivery and acceptance of electricity. Version 2.2 (consolidated), 17 June 2025. English industry template, not Albanian law and not an ALPEX rulebook.
Source: Energy Traders Europe (EFET) · 2025-06-17
EFET · OTC · master agreement · Energy Traders Europe
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