Last week we were fortunate to be able to participate in the IV Self-consumption Summit organized by UNEF Spanish Photovoltaic Union. At the table on grid access, our partner Joan Herrera was able to share that the challenge of the coming years lies in collective self-consumption. Once individual and industrial self-consumption has been developed, and very well, the main challenge is to marry logistics, industrial and domestic self-consumption. The PNIEC target of 19 GWp of self-consumption will only be reached, not if we multiply subsidies, but if we align the regulatory framework in favor of a more distributed and participatory model. This is what SAMSO EDS is supporting. For this we need access and connection, traceability and visibility. In other words, capacity, agility and management. RD 1183/2020 is the channel, but we need transparent criteria when access and connection are denied. And that subsequently the distributors are obliged to make the investments so that this refusal does not continue, and that these investments can be passed on in an agile manner. In turn, the challenge lies in opening the door to flexible capacity, something that would allow evacuation according to the capacity at any given moment. Secondly, we point out the Collective Self-consumption Manager as an essential element in the management of Collective Self-consumption (CA). This figure is essential for management with all stakeholders, and while it is good news that we are moving forward with the IDAE guide on this figure, many of us understand that it is necessary to incorporate it into the regulatory framework. Portugal has done so. And since this is a regulated sector, it is essential, so that no one can be fooled, that this figure be included as an actor in the sector. Thirdly, in order to have a system that effectively prioritizes good practices, it is essential to have a remuneration system for distributors that incorporates a new criterion, that of legalized collective self-consumption, parameterizing legalization times and the percentage of legalized self-consumption. Today, the practice among different distributors is very different. According to CNMC data, there are small and medium-sized distributors that reach up to 4% of Collective Self-consumption legalizations with respect to the CUPS they supply. On the other hand, the data for large players range from 0.0649% to 0.00411% and even lower figures with respect to the number of supplies. If we want people living in multifamily housing, the only way is to make those numbers scale. With all the complexity, there are different ways of doing and operating. And there must be retribution mechanisms, with a “bonus malus” system that encourages distributors, the main actor for collective self-consumption to start up, to become decisively involved in improving its operation.
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