Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning
In the national rules for grid-aware building, also secure how the cap is managed after completion, with capacity responsibility assigned per area.
Position paper: The solution to grid congestion
A fair and sustainable use of our electricity grid. A short, clear proposal in four building blocks, for policymakers, grid operators and anyone dealing with grid congestion.
In brief
The grid isn’t full, it’s unevenly used
Why the room on the grid needs to be allocated differently.
Four building blocks
The grid capacity cap, capacity responsibility, the Local System Operator and the energy community.
Europe makes room, Dutch rules lag behind
What needs to change in the rules, with Austria as an example.
What we ask
Concrete requests to ministries, the regulator, grid operators, municipalities and energy cooperatives.
What groupp.energy does
How we already put it into practice.
Want to know more?
The full position paper is written in Dutch, for the Dutch situation. We’re happy to talk you through it in English, and to explore what the four building blocks could mean in your country.
Get in touchWhat we ask and of whom
The position paper makes concrete proposals for the Netherlands. This is what we ask, per party.
Ministry of Climate and Green Growth and the House of Representatives
Recognise capacity responsibility as a market role, and scrap the 500-member limit and the generation limit for supply by energy communities.
ACM, the Dutch regulator
Explore a group transport agreement for both small and large consumers, and enable a grid discount for communities that stay within their cap.
Grid operators
Set a cap per area, qualify a Local System Operator and learn together how the cap works, including for small consumers.
Municipalities, housing associations and area developers
Include a joint cap and an energy community in new area plans, right from the drawing board.
Energy cooperatives and business parks
Take capacity responsibility for your own area, with a qualified Local System Operator to carry it out.
Let’s groupp!
Curious what an energy community could mean for your area? We’re happy to think along with you, whether you’re a developer, municipality, grid operator or energy cooperative.