Institutional changes related to independent electricity production in Portugal

In Portugal today, any individual or entity of any nationality has the right to produce electricity provided that the law is respected. The power limit set on non-cogeneration activities (to which no power limits apply) is 10MW per production facility. The law stipulates that the company that has a monopoly on electricity transportation must purchase the electricity produced if it satisfies the technical requirements laid down by the law. Cogeneration production is now of 220MW, small-scale hydroelectricity is at 140Mw for a portuguese total production of 8000MW