Access to the Transmission System

It is up to ONS to preparetechnical reports to access the BIP’sMainGrid and Additional Transmission Installations (DIT). The process of access to the transmission system is defined in Module 3 of the Grid Procedures, in which all steps, instructions, information and studies to be conducted to ensure viability are detailed.

The graph below is a summary of the access activities in 2015, among which, it can be highlighted, the issue of 87 assessments and 92 reviews.

Figure 6 – Access Activities in 2015

Still in 2015, 325 equivalent access documentswere developed,aiming at technical qualification purposes regarding photovoltaic solar source projects to the 1st Reserve Energy Auction of 2015.

74 Access Information was also issued, designed to provide ANEEL with technical information regarding the impact on the transmission system due to generation units’ connection, with the purpose of obtaining new granting or changes inexisting ones.