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Operators of energy supply networks must identify the basic suppliers and notify the competent authority.
Operators of energy supply networks for general supply are obliged to determine the basic supplier for the next three calendar years every three years on July 1 and to publish this on the Internet by September 30 of the year and notify the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy in writing.
The basic supplier is the supply company that supplies the most household customers in a general supply network area.
You are the operator of a general supply energy grid.
You can submit the notification of the result of the determination to the competent authority in writing or electronically using the online procedure provided. The procedure for determining the basic supplier as of 01.07.2024 has already been completed. We would like to thank you for the notifications received via the online procedure. The link to the online procedure will be reactivated and made available in good time for the next regular determination on 01.07.2027.
The competent authority in Bavaria under state law is the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy.
The submitted notification will be checked for legal conformity. If necessary, the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy may take the measures required to ensure that the procedure is carried out properly.
The Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy also decides on objections to the result of the determination, which must be submitted to it by October 31.
If the notified determination remains unobjected to, no decision is made and no feedback is provided by the competent authority.
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The key date for determining the basic supplier on the basis of the market conditions for the supply of household customers is July 1 of the year of determination. Basic suppliers must be determined every three years.
Next key date for determining the basic supplier: July 1, 2024.
The result of the determination must be published on the Internet by September 30 of the year of determination and communicated to the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy via the online form linked here or in writing.
In the event of an objection received against a determination result, an official decision is issued by the end of the determination year if possible, i.e. between November and the end of December of the same year.
The basic supplier is the energy supply company that supplies the most household customers in a general supply grid area.
Household customers are end consumers who purchase energy primarily for their own household consumption or for their own consumption for professional, agricultural or commercial purposes not exceeding an annual consumption of 10,000 kilowatt hours.
In accordance with the case law of the Federal Administrative Court, the general supply grid area corresponds to the concession agreement area (see "Further links"). This is the area within the municipality for which a concession agreement exists between the municipality and the grid operator.
If a decision is required and issued by the competent authority in accordance with Section 36 (2) sentence 4 EnWG, administrative legal recourse is available.
The commencement of operation of an energy supply network requires prior approval.