Universal procedure for determining the optimal connection to the distribution network

Abstract

In the Republic of Croatia new regulations that regulate the connection to the distribution network were adopted during 2018. The article elaborates the novelties that these regulations introduce and the measures the national distribution system operator HEP ODS (DSO) had taken to adjust to the new regulation.The article provides a detailed elaboration of the process of exploring the possibility of network connection: decision-making criteria as well as the decision-making procedure for the determining the optimal technical solution of network user connection to distribution network, harmonized with the new regulations.