Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction

Energy Law (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 145/14 and 95/18 –another law), proscribes the jurisdiction of the Government, i.e. the ministry competent for energy issues in the field of renewable energy sources. Therefore, the jurisdiction of the Agency in this field is limited exclusively to:

  1. issuance and withdrawal of licence for power production and combined power and heat production from renewable energy sources.
    The licence is issued upon an energy entity’s application under the conditions prescribed by the Law for a power producing facility if the total approved power of the connection amounts to:
    • over 1MW – (power production facilities);
    • over 1 MW of total electricity and over 1 MWt total heat – (combined heat and power plants).
  2. approval of a transmission system operator’s legal document which defines the level of fee for the issuance, transfer and use of guarantee of origin
  3. monitoring system operators and suppliers in terms of their procedures related to prescribed commitments in the field of guarantees of origin

All other competences in the field of renewable energy sources, except for the ones mentioned above, are within the jurisdiction of the Government i.e. the ministry in charge of energy issues (Art. 65-66, Art. 67, Art. 70 – 87 of the Energy Law) and they include, in particular:

  • adoption of the National Action Plan which defines targets for the use of renewable energy sources;
  • more detailed definition of conditions for the award of a privileged power and heat producer status, a temporary privileged producer status and the status of a producer of power from renewable energy sources;
  • adoption of a decision on the award of the status of privileged producer and temporary privileged producer as well as more detailed definition of the content of the application and of proofs for the award of the privileged producer status;
  • keeping registry of producers who have been awarded with the status of a privileged producer, temporary privileged producer and producer using renewable energy sources;
  • definition of incentive measures for the use of renewable energy sources for power production (the so-called feed-in-tariff);
  • definition of content and procedure of issuance, transfer and termination of guarantee of origin, procedure for keeping registry of guarantees of origin, except for the fee level;
  • more detailed definition of content and duration of pre-agreement and of power purchase agreement that is signed with privileged producers;
  • definition of the procedure of calculation and paying incentive fees, as well as the procedure for the allocation of funds arising from this source;
  • adoption of a legal document regulating conditions on the issuance and withdrawal of licences in detail,
  • adoption of a legal document regulating in detail conditions for the issuance of energy permits for the construction of facilities as well as for the issuance of energy permits in line with the procedure prescribed by the Law upon applications an investor has filed with the ministry in charge of construction of facilities:
    • for power production of 1 MW and higer,
    • for combined heat and power production in combined heat and power plants with the capacity of 1MW and higher of electrical power and 1MWt and higher of heatng power.
News
Decisions of the Council of the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia

Upon the request of “Elektromreža Srbije” JSC Belgrade and “Elektrodistribucija Srbije” LLC Belgrade, at its session held on August 21, 2025, the Council of the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia has granted approval for the decisions on the electricity transmission and distribution tariffs, which will apply starting from October 1, 2025.

The total approved transmission tariff increase in 2025, compared to the approved tariff as of October 1, 2021, amounts to 10%, while the total approved electricity distribution tariff increase, compared to the approved price as of October 1, 2021, calculated based on the 2025 balance, amounts to 16%.


AERS: Decision on the Electricity Price for Guaranteed Supply

Upon the request of “Elektroprivreda Srbije” JSC Belgrade, at its session held on August 28, 2025, the Council of the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia has granted approval for the decision on the electricity guaranteed supply price, which will be applied starting from October 1, 2025.

The average electricity price for customers entitled to guaranteed supply at regulated prices (households and small customers) is higher than the current average price by 6.6%, due to the increase in transmission and distribution tariffs.


AERS: Joint Natural Gas Transmission Tariffs

Belgrade, July 11, 2025

On the session held on July 11, 2025, the Council of the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia has adopted a Decision on Joint Natural Gas Transmission Tariffs. In accordance with the Methodology for Setting Natural Gas Transmission Tariffs, this decision establishes joint natural gas transmission tariffs considered as a whole, which are applied by “Transportgas Srbija” d.o.o. Novi Sad and “Yugorosgaz-Transport” d.o.o. Niš during the first regulatory period lasting three gas years — from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2028.


Approval of the Natural Gas Distribution System Development Plan of the Distribution System Operator “GAS” d.o.o. Bečej

Belgrade, July 11, 2025

On the session held on July 11, 2025, the Council of the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia has adopted a decision granting approval to the Distribution System Development Plan for the period 2025–2029, along with the Investment Plan for the period 2025–2027, submitted to the Agency by the natural gas distribution system operator “GAS” d.o.o. Bečej.


PUBLIC CONSULTATION: Draft Transmission System Development Plan of the Republic of Serbia for the Period 2025–2034

Belgrade,  June 19, 2025

On June 19, 2025, the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia has launched a public consultation on the Draft Transmission System Development Plan of the Republic of Serbia for the period 2025–2034, submitted to the Agency by the transmission system operator “Elektromreža Srbije” a.d.


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