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Checked 2026-09-30

🏘️ Can I share solar power with neighbours or join an energy community in Latvia?

The short answer

Energy sharing lets households use power produced by a shared installation, a neighbour or a community project. Whether and how it works depends on the national rules.

📜 The rules in Latvia

Energy sharing and communities

Consumers who produce electricity can share it with others through an energy community (energokopiena). It must be registered in the Energy Resources Information System (ERIS), sign a sharing contract with one electricity trader, and use 80% of its output for immediate self-consumption.

  • Up to 5 connected active users with a combined capacity under 50 kW can share electricity as 'saistītie aktīvie lietotāji' without registering a community. (eva.gov.lv)
  • The rules are set in Cabinet Regulation No. 808 of 10 December 2024 on registering and running energy communities; the Electricity Market Law defines electricity sharing. (likumi.lv)
Enerģētikas un vides aģentūra (EVA)Explains the energy-community rules and the ERIS registration.🔗 eva.gov.lv
Official source: eva.gov.lv · Checked 2026-09-30

🪜 Step by step

  1. See what the rules allowThe options in Latvia are listed below: sharing in one building, within a local area, or through an energy community.
  2. Find a project or partnersAsk your municipality, housing association or building owners whether a project exists or is planned.
  3. Check the meter and the contractSharing usually needs a smart meter and registration with the grid operator. Your normal supply contract continues for the rest of your use.
  4. Read the terms before you joinCheck the cost, how shared power is divided, and how you can leave.

📇 Who to contact

Enerģētikas un vides aģentūra (EVA)Explains the energy-community rules and the ERIS registration.🔗 www.eva.gov.lv/lv/energokopienas
Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija (SPRK)Supervises energy companies and explains your rightsFor information, and to report a company that breaks the rules📞 +371 67097200🔗 www.sprk.gov.lv
AS "Sadales tīkls" — galvenais elektroenerģijas sadales sistēmas operators LatvijāRuns the local grid, meters and connectionsPower cut, meter problem, new connection📞 8404🔗 sadalestikls.lv/lv/kontakti

❓ Questions

Do I have to own solar panels?

No. In many schemes you can take part as a member or user without owning an installation.

Does my supplier stay the same?

Usually yes. The shared power is counted first and your supplier provides the rest.

Who registers the sharing?

Normally the grid operator or the body named on this page. Ask them before you start.

📎 Sources

Checked: 2026-09-30

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