For the application of this regulation, the terms mentioned will have the following meaning:
Subscriber: an individual or legal entity that has signed one or more contracts for the consumption of electric energy.
Self-consumption: the utilization of the energy generated by the producer-consumer to supply exclusively their own demand, at the same site where it is produced.
Quality assurance: is the integration of planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation activities that an electric company requires so that its service meets the required quality requirements.
Energy quality: refers to the technical (physical) characteristics with which electric energy is delivered to subscribers based on their requirements and involves the continuity with which it is offered.
Quality of the electric supply: integration of energy quality (voltage quality, continuity of the electric supply) and the quality of service provision.
Quality of service provision: satisfaction of the subscribers of the electric service, in relation to aspects of availability, commercialization, and services in general, which are directly associated with the electric energy supply.
Installed capacity: the sum of the nominal powers of the generators installed within the electrical installations of the subscriber.
Interconnection contract for the parallel operation with the electric distribution grid of a distributed generation system for self-consumption (interconnection contract): is the instrument signed between the distribution company and the producer-consumer where the conditions under which the latter will interact with the electric distribution grid are established.
Electricity supply contract: is the contract signed between the distribution company and the subscriber for the supply of electricity.
Distribution and commercialization: activity whose purpose is the conveyance and sale of electricity to satisfy the electricity demand of third parties or at an interconnection point other than the site where the electricity is generated. This activity includes metering, reading, billing, collection for delivered energy, and other related activities.
Renewable energy sources: energy sources that are subject to a natural replenishment process and that are available in the immediate environment, such as: solar energy, wind, biomass, water, tides and waves, and natural heat gradients.
Distributed generation for self-consumption: the alternative for subscribers to generate electricity using renewable sources for the purpose of satisfying their needs, operating in parallel with the electric distribution grid, under the concept of energy deposit and return.
Technical standard: a mandatory precept established by the Regulatory Authority for Public Services, composed of a set of specifications, parameters, and indicators that define the conditions of quality, reliability, continuity, timeliness, and optimal provision with which electric services must be supplied.
Isolated operation: operation of a generation system for self-consumption that has no interaction with the electric distribution grid.
Island operation: condition of the distributed generation system for self-consumption that remains energized after the opening of the protection system that interconnects it with the electric distribution grid.
Parallel operation: is when a distributed generation system and the electric distribution grid operate simultaneously, with the possibility of exchanging electricity between both, while they remain interconnected.
Common interconnection point: is the point where the installation of the distributed generation system and the electric distribution grid are interconnected.
Metering points: are those sites where the energy produced by the distributed generation system and the energy consumed by the producer-consumer are recorded.
National distribution grid: is the stage of the electric grid composed of: the medium voltage buses of the step-down substations (high/medium voltage), switching substations or switchyards, medium and low voltage conductors, and the associated transformation, control, monitoring, sectionalizing, and protection equipment, for the final use of the energy.
Distributed generation for self-consumption registry: system where the interconnection contracts for distributed generation systems for self-consumption will be registered.
Distributed generation system: is the set of components necessary to operate in parallel with the electric distribution grid, allowing exchanges of electricity at an access point.
National Electric System: is formed by the Generation, Transmission, Distribution, and Commercialization Systems. All elements of the SEN are interconnected with each other.