Transposition of European Guidelines for Energy Communities into Austrian Law: A Comparison and Discussion of Issues and Positive Aspects

Bernadette Fina and Hubert Fechner
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Bernadette Fina: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Giefinggasse 4, 1210 Vienna, Austria
Hubert Fechner: Austrian Technology Platform Photovoltaic, Mariahilferstrasse 37-39, 1060 Vienna, Austria

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 13, 1-14

Abstract: The Renewable Energy Directive and the Electricity Market Directive , both parts of the Clean Energy for all Europeans Package (issued in 2019), provide supranational rules for renewable energy communities and citizen energy communities. Since national transpositions need to be completed within two years, Austria has already drafted corresponding legislation. This article aims at providing a detailed comparison of the European guidelines and the transposition into Austrian law. The comparison not only shows how, and to what extent, the European guidelines are transposed into Austrian law, but also helps to identify loopholes and barriers. The subsequent discussion of these issues as well as positive aspects of the Austrian transposition may be advantageous for legislators and policy makers worldwide in their process of designing a coherent regulatory framework. It is concluded that experts from different areas (i.e., project developers, scientists concerned with energy communities, energy suppliers and grid operators) should be closely involved in the law-making process in order to introduce different perspectives so that a consistent and supportive regulatory framework for energy communities is created.

Keywords: renewable energy communities and citizen energy communities; Clean Energy Package; transposition of European guidelines; comparison of European and national legislation; legislative barriers and issues; Austria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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