Significant amendment to the Portuguese Electricity Sector Legal Framework - Generation: what´s new?

The Portuguese legal framework applicable to the activities of the electricity sector has been amended significantly by Decree-Law no. 76/2019, of 3 June 2019, which entered into full force and effect on 4 June 20191 ("DL 76/2019"). DL 76/2019 principally amends and republishes Decree-Law no. 172/2006, of 23 August 2006, which enacted the legal framework applying to the activities of generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity, and to global electricity system management and the logistical operation for switching supplier ("DL 172/2006").