Who needs this service
This service is for the owner of a generation source admitting a further participant, for an investor planning a separate energy storage facility and for companies that want to put the shared use of the cable, the substation and the metering equipment on a clear contractual footing. It is worth raising the project before a participants agreement is signed, before the connection agreement is amended and before any commitment to finance the infrastructure.
The model comes first
Where a storage facility is to operate through the installation of an end user, we first assess the correct qualification. Article 7 paragraph 1f of the Polish Energy Law excludes such a model from the sharing formula for a connection point described in that provision. The scope of the engagement then matches the way the project is actually intended to work, and the starting point remains the real technical parameters and the operator documents.
What the work covers
We compare the owners of the installations with the titles to the land and to the shared equipment. We establish who is to contract with the operator, who performs the duties of the representative, who makes data available and who arranges servicing. We then prepare provisions on financing construction and repairs, on the division of the cost of metering differences, on outages, on the curtailment of output and on the allocation of any compensation received. Liability towards the operator is kept distinct from settlements between participants, and an internal division of costs is not treated as a limitation of the rights of the operator.
Limits of the scope
Legal work does not replace technical design, a network study or the selection of protection equipment, and it does not guarantee that connection conditions will be issued or that a financing party will consent. Administrative proceedings, disputes and tax analysis are separate scopes unless expressly included in the engagement.