Decree 25/2026 simplifies electrical authorizations and streamlines self-consumption

The Regional Government of Castilla y León has approved Decree 25/2026, of September 17, which amends Decree 46/2022 to exempt production facilities of up to 500 kW from prior administrative and construction authorization and to streamline self-consumption and electric vehicle charging points. The regulation is published in the Official Gazette of Castilla y León (BOCYL) no. 183, of September 21, 2026, in section I.A of General Provisions, and enters into force twenty days after its publication. It is signed by the President of the Regional Government, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, and the Councilor for Environment and Energy, María González Corral.

The text amends Article 3 of Decree 46/2022, of November 24, which regulates the authorization procedures for electrical production, distribution facilities, and electric vehicle charging infrastructures under the jurisdiction of the Community. The Regional Government justifies the update based on the need to simplify administrative procedures and accelerate their implementation in the territory to meet the objectives of the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC 2023-2030).

The background motivating the change consists of two state regulations:

• Royal Decree-Law 18/2022, of October 18, which amended Article 53.3 of Law 24/2013, of December 26, on the Electricity Sector, to allow the exemption of prior and construction authorizations for production facilities up to 500 kW, which required regional regulatory development.
• Royal Decree 244/2019, of April 5, on the administrative, technical, and economic conditions for electric energy self-consumption, which allows for ex officio registry registration based on regulatory low-voltage certificates.

Production up to 500 kW without prior authorization

The new section 8 of Article 3 establishes that production facilities up to the power limit set in Law 24/2013, of December 26, may obtain an operating authorization without requiring prior administrative or construction authorization. To qualify for this route, they must meet four conditions:

• No environmental impact assessment is required.
• Agreements must be in place with the affected private parties.
• Valid access and connection permits must be held.
• Favorable reports must be obtained from the affected Administrations and general interest service companies.

Self-consumption and regulatory certification

Section 9 opens a specific route for production facilities of up to 100 kW associated with self-consumption and connected to low-voltage distribution networks: if they meet the requirements of section 8, they may prove their operating authorization through the regulatory certification duly registered with the competent administrative body.

Along the same lines, section 7 specifies that low-voltage distribution facilities may prove their operating authorization through the regulatory certification registered with the competent body.

Electric vehicle charging and facility modifications

Section 5 bis focuses on the modifications to distribution facilities necessary for the connection of new supplies, “especially those intended for the public charging of electric vehicles.” These actions may obtain operating authorization without requiring prior administrative or construction authorization when they do not require an environmental impact assessment and have agreements with the affected private parties and favorable reports from the affected Administrations and general interest service companies.

Section 7 further delimits the scope of these simplifications in electrical facility modifications, which will apply to the technical characteristics of generating elements, high-voltage conductors and their supports, positions and cells with high-voltage automatic switches, and high-voltage transformers.

The decree is processed at the proposal of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, with the opinion of the Consultative Council of Castilla y León and following deliberation by the Government Council at its meeting on September 17, 2026.

The regulation reduces procedures for companies, installers, and individuals who wish to install solar panels or chargers: production facilities of up to 500 kW and self-consumption facilities of up to 100 kW may be put into service with the regulatory certification, without waiting for prior authorizations. In an extensive and dispersed territory such as Castilla y León, the Junta links this streamlining to the deployment of a public charging network with sufficient capacity and geographical coverage, an element it considers essential for the electrification of automotive transport and the energy transition.

Source: Official Gazette of Castilla y León, no. 183, of September 21, 2026, I. Community of Castilla y León – A. General Provisions, pages 9-11 (official reference: BOCYL-D-21092026-183-1).