End 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.
- Official source
- End customer versus licensed market participant
- Source language
- Albanian
- TradingDesk explanation
- English
Why it matters
The same company can start as a billed end customer and later become a trader or a BRP. Those are different legal seats.
TradingDesk sign-up copy for small businesses sits in the first seat. The operations desk sits in the second.
How it works
Official source for the retail seat: the 2017 end-customer supply regulation PDF. Official sources for the market seat: Law 59/2026, ERE licensing, the 2022 ALPEX rules and the balancing rules.
The 2017 file also says end customers remain responsible for imbalances under the market and balancing rules. A self-producer instruction (2019) sits next to rooftop solar, not next to ETSS.
Do not treat a 2017 retail clock as an ALPEX gate.
Key rules / parameters
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Retail contract | Vendim ERE nr. 203, 18.12.2017 |
| Wholesale access | License + BRP + ALPEX membership if they trade |
| Rooftop solar | MIE Instruction 3/2019, then later Law 24/2023 |
TradingDesk context
Ask first: is this user still on a supplier bill, or already a BRP? The Wiki pages and the product views should match that answer.
- Source authority
- Source: ERE
- Publication date
- 2017-12-18
- Official title
- Rregullorja mbi kushtet e përgjithshme të shërbimit të furnizimit, Vendim ERE nr. 203, 18.12.2017
- Source language
- Albanian
- Last updated
- 2026-09-10
- Official source
Rregullorja_mbi_kushtet_e_pergjitheshme__te_sherbimit_te_furnizmit_me_Energji_Elektrike_per_klientet_fundor_.pdf
Download official PDF
end customer · supply · BRP · ALPEX