ERE Decision 269/11.09.2026, KER membership

This is the standard contract between a renewable energy community (KER) and a member. Instruction No. 4 said ERE would prepare this model. People, businesses and municipalities sign it when they join.

The header of the PDF says the ERE board approved it with Decision No. 269, 11 September 2026. The title on the file still says Projekt-Marrëveshje tip. The English text here is a TradingDesk explanation.

Joining the community does not replace the electricity supply contract or the grid-connection contract.

Official source: the attached model agreement. It covers production, consumption, storage, sharing and, where it applies, sale of renewable electricity. It follows Albanian law, ERE acts, the grid codes and the electricity market rules.

Membership is open and voluntary. The member keeps the rights and duties of an end customer, including the right to choose a supplier when the law allows that. The community must be fair, open and non-discriminatory.

What the member gets. A place in the community's activities, a share of the renewable energy under the statute, clear information on how energy is produced and shared, the costs, the member's own meter data, a vote as the statute allows, and a way to complain. The member may leave under this agreement.

What the member must do. Follow the statute and the rules, give accurate data, pay only the contributions that were set in a transparent way, respect the technical and safety rules, leave the meter alone, and tell the community when personal data that affect membership change. Meter data needed for energy sharing may be used under the personal-data law.

How someone joins. The person or company signs this model agreement and files it with the community, on paper or electronically, with only the papers needed to identify them and check the membership conditions. The community checks whether the file is complete within 5 working days. If something is missing, the applicant has 5 working days to complete it. The decision to accept or refuse comes within 15 working days of a complete file, with reasons if it is a refusal. Silence is not an acceptance.

Energy and meters. Production, consumption and shared energy are taken from the network operator's meter data. The community applies the approved sharing method and tells the member how their share is calculated. Network tariffs, taxes and other legal charges still apply. They are not fees created by the community.

Imbalance. The community is financially responsible for the imbalances it causes. It can carry that duty itself or pass it to a balancing responsible party. The transmission operator's imbalance costs charged to the community are then split among members according to each member's own imbalance.

Money. The member pays only tariffs, contributions and costs set in advance in the statute. A change is announced at least 30 days before it starts. The community cannot add a charge that is outside this agreement, the statute, an ERE act or the law.

Leaving. The agreement is open-ended unless the parties set another term. The member leaves with written notice at least 30 calendar days ahead. The exit cannot be tied to an unjustified penalty. Amounts already due are still paid. Within 30 days of the notice, the community issues the closing calculation. Those amounts are paid within 5 days of that closing invoice. If one side still owes the other after the member has left, that sum is paid within 30 days of the exit date. A material change to the member's rights, duties or costs lets the member leave without a penalty, using the same notice period.

Complaints. The member can complain to the community in writing or electronically. The community answers within 30 days. A complaint must not be used as a reason to treat the member worse. A dispute between the community and the network operator is decided by ERE.

Use this next to the KER instruction when a member is added on TradingDesk. The member keeps their own meter. Shared energy and the member's imbalance sit inside the community. The market still sees only what is left after that sharing.