On October 31, 2022, Order TED/1026/2022, of October 28, 2022, approving the management procedure of the system of guarantees of origin of gas from renewable sources (“Order 1026/2022”), was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). This regulation is issued under art. 19.6 of Royal Decree 376/2022, of May 17, which regulates the criteria of sustainability and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels, as well as the system of guarantees of origin of renewable gases (the "RD 376/2022").
Order 1026/2022 includes the procedure to be followed by renewable gas production facilities to obtain the certificate of guarantee of origin, in order to encourage and favor its deployment, thus granting legal certainty to those who look forward to participating in the system of guarantees of origin.
In this Legal Update we make a summary of the main novelties that have been approved.