Saturday, December 12, 2015

Licensing of network facilities – NVE

                     Published 16.01.2009
                         , last updated
 10/12/2015

Power lines and other electrical installations can only be built, owned and operated pursuant to a concession under the Energy Act. Here you can find relevant information concerning procedures for different types of measures.

A construction license is a permit to build and operate a specific plant. It can under the Energy Act granted construction license for construction which are considered to be socially rational. Applications for construction and operation of power lines, substations and other electrical installations in central and regional grids are treated by NVE. NVE conducts a licensing process and ensure that the matter is adequately illuminated. The treatment is extensive, with public hearings and meetings with affected interests. The procedures shall take account of participation. In addition to the Energy Act provides regulations on impact studies by sector laws and regulations on external quality assurance and authority under the Energy Act more specific requirements for investigations and treatment process for power lines

For companies that are planning to apply for a construction license, NVE has produced a guide for design of applications.

Procedural Process

How proceedings takes place depends on the planned facility’s size and putative consequences for the environment. There are three different procedural processes, see section below. For more detailed information, click here to go to the various proceedings types.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transformer substations, switching stations, etc. Procedure A
Power line with voltage lower than 132 kV, regardless of length Procedure A
Power line is less than 15 km, regardless voltage level Procedure A
Power line with voltage of 132 kV or higher, which is longer than 15km Procedure B
Power lines with length of 20 km and a voltage 300 kV or higher Procedure C

Upgrade of existing plants

For voltage upgrades where the upgrade itself is 132 kV or more and longer than 15km the new route, followed proceedings B.

Other voltage upgrades in regional grid (from 66 kV to 132 kV) and in the central grid (from 300 kV to 420 kV) shall be assessed according to Provisions for amendments of measures, ref. Annex II, Section 4 of regulations on impact studies by sector laws, and treated according to § 3. This means that the measure examined in the context of a license application to NVE and that proceedings A followed.

If in doubt, the grid company early contact NVE for clarification of any notification of the plant.

Grid Connection of power plants

Electrical installations in power plants do not require separate construction license if the grid installations until the plant has voltage 22 kV or lower and is constructed pursuant to territorial concessions .

If the facilities until production requires its own license, have the electrical installations at the production facilities have a facilities license.

measures that do not require a license under the Energy Act

Some measures do not require a license under the Energy Act. This includes rebuilding or upgrading of facilities within the concession limits. NVE can be contacted for assessment of licensing obligations. For substations NVE has prepared a separate note which says the plant is subject to licensing, see Appendix 3 of the application guide.

Site Licensing

A site license is a general permission to build to power distribution with voltage up to 22 kV within a limited geographical area. Read more about territorial concessions here.

trading license

Devices that trades electricity or kept in one form or another for monopoly must have a trading license, cf. Energy Act section 4-2. This includes entities that own or operate a distribution or transmission network. Read more about trading license here.

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