The main aim of the thesis is to highlight the current topic of connecting self-sufficient solar power plants in the light of the process analysis of issuing consensuses for the connection of solar power plants. The thesis is based on the theory of issuing consensuses, in which the specific legislation – the Energy Act, the Electricity Supply Act, the Act on the Promotion of the Use of Renewable Energy Sources and the System Operating Instructions for the Electricity Distribution System – is in the foreground together with the subsidiary use of the GAP. Also presented is the process of issuing consensuses, and the autonomy of the Republic of Slovenia regarding the latter in relation to national legal regulations in relation to EU law.
The empirical part combines statistical presentation of the issuance of consensuses, analysis of answers to the questionnaire, and evaluation of the judicial practice. First presented is a statistical display of the number of issued consensuses for the connection of solar power plants in Slovenian electricity distribution companies, which confirms the assumptions of the exponential growth in the number of issued consensuses in recent years. In order to objectify the problem of issuing the consensuses using the GAP and specific legislation in practice, a short structured questionnaire is conducted for managers of clerks in Slovenian electricity distribution companies. Also conducted is a case study of the case of the Administrative Court of the Republic of Slovenia, which further confirms the challenges of using the GAP in practice when issuing consensuses.
Based on the analysis of the questionnaire, it has been found that the GAP is mostly accepted as an administrative obstacle or burden in the process of issuing consensuses, which cannot be true in theory due to its subsidiary use. Above all, radical changes are needed within the specific legislation, which is also what the clerks want.
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