a. In the case of simultaneous netting or virtual simultaneous netting, individuals (whether or not they are self-employed) or legal entities governed by public or private law are entitled to participate, provided that they either own the site where the generation station is installed or have lawful use of it (e.g. through a lease, a grant of use free of charge, etc.) and have obtained the site owner's written consent.
b. In the case of virtual simultaneous netting by Energy Communities, the right to participate may be exercised by natural and/or legal persons who are members of the Energy Community, as well as by vulnerable consumers or citizens living below the poverty line (under the legislation in force at any given time), whether or not they are members of the Energy Community.
In all cases, one or more generation stations may be installed in a shared area of a property, provided that all co-owners of the building give their consent in a written agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code. In cases of bare ownership, the consent of the usufructuary is sufficient. In the case of a lease or grant of use, the tenant/user is also entitled to participate, provided that the owner gives written consent.
In the case of simultaneous netting, each generation station is matched with the self-consumer's electricity supply point. The same station may be matched with one or more electricity supply points that are not necessarily located on the same or an adjacent site, provided that they belong to the same self-consumer. In this case, virtual simultaneous netting applies to those electricity supply points.
In the case of virtual simultaneous netting, each generation station is matched with one or more electricity supply points that are not necessarily located on the same or an adjacent site.
In the case of simultaneous or virtual simultaneous netting, where the generation station is installed by a third party rather than by the self-consumer, the Energy Community, or a first- or second-tier local authority (OTA), the generation station may be matched with one or more electricity supply points that do not belong to the same self-consumer, provided that those electricity supply points are located on a site owned by the same third party that installs the generation station. In this case, the third party is not considered a self-consumer, and any surplus energy benefits the end consumer/self-consumer.
An electricity supply point may participate in or be included in more than one system, provided that all systems apply simultaneous netting or virtual simultaneous netting.