Electricity network service
According to the Electricity Market Act, there can only be one undertaking providing electricity transmission service, i.e. a transmission system operator, in Estonia. The Competition Authority has issued the corresponding authorisation to Elering.
Elering provides the following network services to consumers, producers, power line owners and other network operators in its service area through the transmission system:
- pursuant to an application, connects a compliant electrical installation located in its service area to the network at the connection point;
- pursuant to an application, changes consumption or generation conditions;
- allows the use of the grid connection at the connection point;
- transmits electricity in its network to or from the connection point;
- ensures the installation of metering equipment that complies with the requirements other legislation in its network;
- ensures the collection and processing of metering data.
Grid connection is an electrical connection between the network and another electrical installation. Using the grid connection means using network services through the grid connection. Transmission means the transmission of electricity through the transmission system.
To provide the transmission service, Elering enters into a network contract with the client, which includes:
- an electricity supply diagram showing the connection points and the ownership boundary of electrical equipment;
- consumption conditions, which specify the maximum permissible consumption capacity, maximum duration of planned outages, and deadlines for the elimination of other power outages;
- list of transferred electricity metering equipment;
- list of relay protection and automation devices, secondary devices that are important for system reliability, and their settings;
- and agreement on switching operations for electrical installations, which determines which party to the contract is on the one to authorise, manage and carry out the switching operations;
- standard terms and conditions.
Network service clients have access to an overview of their network contracts, invoices, generation and consumption data using the network service client portal at the address https://mtv.elering.ee/login.