Asdc Qualification for harbours and airports:
What are the obligations within January 1 2021?

If an end customer feeds another undeclared end customer, the latter is considered a "Hidden Customer". This is what ARERA provides, with the definition introduced by Resolution 539/2015/R/eel. This is a solution that often occurs in ports and airports, but frequently the problem is also present at the industrial level, for example when in the warehouses or offices of service companies there are more than one company with a single energy bill that is shared between different companies.
To remedy this situation, in 2015 ARERA approved Resolution 539/2015/R/eel and the related Testo Integrato Sistemi di Distribuzione Chiusi (Integrated Text for Closed Distribution Systems), completing the definitional and regulatory framework on electricity grids and SDCs (Closed Distribution Systems).
For the purposes of inclusion in the Register of TDCs, potential operators, by September 30, 2018, should have sent the Authority a declaration containing a series of information relating to the characteristics of the private network classifiable as a TDC.
On the applicability to ports had then opened the dispute of some operators who had considered said discipline not applicable due to the prevalence of the special laws on port matters with respect to the Community and national rules inherent to the electricity markets. With resolution 558/2019, ARERA responded by deeming these criticisms unfounded and therefore including the port networks, but also the airport networks, in the Closed Distribution Systems. The reason for this inclusion, according to ARERA, is linked to the identification of the activities provided by ports and airports which are, as also specified by the case law of the Court of Justice, electricity distribution activities, therefore subject to the regulatory powers attributed to the Authority. The Authority, on the other hand, considered that the regulations might have generated a lack of clarity in their application to Ports/Airports and therefore decided to postpone the effective date of the regulations to 1 January 2021.

As of today, ARERA has not expressed an opinion about further extensions of the deadline and, therefore, failure to comply could result in the application of the applicable penalties.

Tera, since many years, follows in a continuous way several TDCs, placing itself among the main operators in the supply of services to "TDC Managers".

To verify the compliance of your network with the TDI regulations and to get more information about the timing and activities necessary to achieve the qualification of "TDI operator", call 055 577 297 or write to academy@teraenergy.com