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Checked 2026-09-30

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

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 Slovakia

Energy sharing and communities

An active customer can share electricity from its own source or storage with other supply points anywhere in Slovakia, also with a different distributor; energy communities can share too. The market operator OKTE evaluates the sharing: you register in its EDC system and sign a data contract with OKTE.

  • Every supply point in the group needs an interval (smart) meter, the group needs at least one generator or storage unit, and a supply point can belong to only one sharing group. (okte.sk)
  • For a source up to 11 kW a signed declaration is enough; ÚRSO approval is not needed. (okte.sk)
OKTE, a.s.Registers sharing groups in the EDC system and evaluates shared electricity.🔗 okte.sk
Official source: okte.sk · Checked 2026-09-30

🪜 Step by step

  1. See what the rules allowThe options in Slovakia 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

OKTE, a.s.Registers sharing groups in the EDC system and evaluates shared electricity.🔗 www.okte.sk/sk/zdielanie-elektriny
Úrad pre reguláciu sieťových odvetví (ÚRSO)Supervises energy companies and explains your rightsFor information, and to report a company that breaks the rules🔗 www.urso.gov.sk
Západoslovenská distribučná — západné SlovenskoRuns the local grid, meters and connectionsPower cut, meter problem, new connection📞 0800 111 567🔗 www.zsdis.sk/Uvod/Nahlasenie-poruchy
Stredoslovenská distribučná — stredné SlovenskoRuns the local grid, meters and connectionsPower cut, meter problem, new connection📞 0800 159 000🔗 www.ssd.sk/domacnosti/ako-postupovat-ked-vam-nejde-elektrina?page_id=6968
Východoslovenská distribučná — východné SlovenskoRuns the local grid, meters and connectionsPower cut, meter problem, new connection📞 0800 123 332🔗 www.vsds.sk/edso/domov/spolocnost/kontakty/poruchova-linka

❓ 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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