The Ministry of Environment and Energy is announcing a major initiative to support producers of electricity from renewable energy sources (RES).
Legislation will be submitted to Parliament in the coming days, amending the current support scheme:
- RES producers who have entered into a Differential Premium Support Agreement (DPSA)—and who, to date, have not been compensated for the energy they produce when the system price is zero for more than two consecutive hours—will continue to receive operational support for the energy they produce during hours when the Day-Ahead Market clearing price is zero.
- The loss of support will now apply only in cases where negative prices are recorded for more than two consecutive hours.
With this measure, the Government, following consultation with the European Commission, is providing substantial support to renewable energy producers. Once ratified by Parliament, the legislation will take effect retroactively as of June 1, 2026.
At the same time, the Ministry is implementing a comprehensive plan of measures to increase storage capacity, integrate more renewable energy, and ensure a fairer redistribution of cuts. Specifically:
- The development of electricity storage facilities is proceeding at a rapid pace, with the goal of installing 700 MW by the end of June 2026, in accordance with the relevant milestone of the Recovery and Resilience Facility.
- The evaluation of Category 11A and 11B storage projects, as well as merchant projects submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Energy, is ongoing.
- The issuance of the Ministerial Decision on the mechanism for redistributing cuts is underway, with the aim of ensuring their fair distribution among RES power plants.
In the same vein, measures have already been implemented to encourage shifting consumption to hours of high RES production, such as the two-tier tariff and dynamic (orange) tariffs, which have been available to residential consumers since April 2026.