Electricity (Amendment No. 3) Regulations, 2025

L.N. 236 of 2025

REGULATOR FOR ENERGY AND WATER SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 545)

Electricity (Amendment No. 3) Regulations, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 37 of the

Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act, the Minister responsible

for energy and water services, after consultation with the Regulator for

Energy and Water Services, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Electricity (Amendment

No. 3) Regulations, 2025 and these regulations shall be read and

construed as one with the Electricity Regulations, hereinafter referred

to as the "principal regulations".

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows

(a) immediately after the definition "non-frequency

ancillary service" there shall be added the following new

definition

""organised electricity marketplace" means an

electricity exchange, an electricity broker, an electricity

capacity platform or any other system or facility in which

multiple third-party buying or selling interests in wholesale

electricity products interact in a manner that may result in a

transaction and which operates in accordance with

transparent,

non-discriminatory,

and

market-based

principles, subject to applicable regulatory oversight where

required

Provided that an organised marketplace shall be

deemed accessible to a producer when it provides a non-

restrictive and technically feasible, and transparent

mechanism for such producer to offer and sell its electricity

under fair, non-discriminatory and commercially

reasonable terms;";

(b) in the Maltese version only, in the definition "swieq

tal-elettriku" the words "l-iskambji tal-enerġija elettrika" shall be

substituted by the words "electricity exchanges".

In the Maltese version only, in regulation 36(2)(g) of the Amends

principal regulations, the words "skambji ta’ enerġija" shall be regulation

the principal

substituted by the words "power exchanges".

regulations.

In the Maltese version only, in regulation 47(1)(o) of the Amends

principal regulations the words "l-iskambji tal-elettriku" shall be regulation

the principal

substituted by the words "electricity exchanges".

regulations.

In the Maltese version only, in regulation 49(2)(a) of the Amends

principal regulations the words "skambji konġunti tal-elettriku" shall regulation

the principal

be substituted by the words "electricity exchanges konġunti".

regulations.

Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 54A of the principal Amends

regulations shall be substituted by the following new sub-regulation: regulation

of the principal

regulations.

"(1) The distribution system operator shall offer to

purchase all electricity generated and exported to the grid from

any approved installation generating electricity from renewable

energy or high-efficiency cogeneration plant at the proxy for the

market price determined in the Fourth Schedule, until such time

as any organised electricity marketplace in which such producers

are able to sell their electricity becomes accessible

Provided that the distribution system operator shall

continue to offer to purchase all electricity generated and

exported to the grid from any approved small scale installation

generating electricity from renewable energy thereafter

Provided further that for the purposes of this

regulation an installation generating electricity from renewable

energy shall be considered small scale if its capacity is below

(a) 400kW

for

power-generating

facilities

commissioned until 31st December 2025; or

(b) 200kW

for

power-generating

facilities

commissioned from 1 January 2026.".

In the Maltese version only, in item 5 of the First Schedule Amends the

to the principal regulations, the words "elettriku skambjat" shall be First

to the principal

substituted by the words "electricity exchanges" and the words "mill- regulations.

iskambju" shall be substituted by the words "mill-exchange".

Part A of the Third Schedule to the principal regulations, Amends the

Third Schedule

shall be substituted by the following new Part

to the principal

regulations.

"PART A. New generation capacity

1. A producer who

(a)

produces electricity solely for his own use; and

(b)

is not connected in parallel to the distribution system;

and

(c) has installed a total peak generation capacity of less

than 1500 kVA;

shall be exempted from the requirement of an authorisation

to construct the new generation capacity and from the

requirement to hold a licence.

2. A producer producing electricity solely from renewable

energy or cogeneration plant, with a total continuous steady state 230/

400V AC rating up to 3.68kW (16 Amps) on any phase, or up to

4.6kW (20 Amps) on any phase, when the generation capacity is

equipped with automatic volt-var control, shall be exempted from the

requirement of an authorisation to construct the new generation

capacity and from the requirement to hold a licence but shall still be

required to notify the Regulator, in such form and manner as required

by the Regulator prior to construction of such new generation capacity

and submit to the Regulator such information as the Regulator may

request from time to time.".

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