DGEG Order No. 30/2026: Impact on Renewable Project Deadline Counting
DGEG Order No. 30/2026 clarifies how deadlines under Articles 14 and 58 of Decree-Law No. 15/2022 are counted, defining excluded periods and revoking earlier orders.
DGEG issued Order No. 30/2026 to standardise how the deadlines under Article 14 and Article 58 of Decree-Law No. 15/2022 of 14 January are counted, since a delay in granting a licence or missing a regulatory deadline can mean the loss of grid connection rights or a breach of obligations tied to financing such as the PRR or PTRR.
Periods excluded from the count
- Periods relating to the actual construction of infrastructure.
- Stages of significant grid modernisation that prevent the project from progressing.
- The duration of administrative or judicial challenges brought by third parties.
- To benefit from the exclusion, the licence holder must send DGEG a self-declaration accompanied by supporting documentation.
Projects with prior registration are not entitled to the Article 14 deadline exclusion, and may only rely on the Article 58 suspension in cases of proven delay in grid connection by REN or E-Redes. The order revokes Orders No. 14/2025 and 16/2025, and applies retroactively to projects with a valid production licence or prior registration, provided the licence has not yet been granted and DGEG has not formally announced its expiry.