Post by Agnese Hartpenga

Latvian energy market – regulatory shifts to watch (June 2026): 🔌 Grid access & system security. Proposed Electricity Market Law amendments would: ▪️ Enable cross-border connection of generation and BESS assets into the Latvian grid ▪️ Introduce security-based restrictions on equipment (TSO empowered to limit high-risk technologies) ▪️ Expand TSO powers in REMIT monitoring and balancing oversight ⚡ Grid connection & capacity ▪️ New shared connection model and clearer capacity reservation rules ▪️ Formal pathway from flexible → constant access ▪️ New curtailment rules with compensation beyond 876 hours/year 🔋 Storage ▪️ Planned full tax exemption for all stationary BESS (not only PV-linked) ▪️ New decommissioning and end-of-life obligations coming ▪️ Registration now required for BESS >1 MW 🌬️ Wind & permitting ▪️ New operational framework (noise, shadow flicker, biodiversity, safety) under consultation ▪️ EIA process becoming more structured with new guidelines and self-assessment tools ☀️ Solar ▪️ Proposed restrictions on high-quality agricultural land (potential impact on large-scale PV siting) At TEGOS Legal, we continue to work closely with developers, utilities and investors navigating these changes across the Baltics. 🔗 Full update - see link in comment below.