Electricity

The administrator of the Estonian guarantees of origin system is the transmission system operator, who issues guarantees of origin in Estonia and manages the electronic database of guarantees of origin (hereinafter referred to as the register).

Operations related to the issuance, transfer, and cancellation of electricity guarantees of origin are carried out in the guarantees of origin register within the Renewable Energy Information System.

The standard terms and conditions for the use of electricity guarantees of origin establish the conditions and procedure for using the register, under which a market participant may carry out operations with guarantees of origin. The standard terms and conditions are established pursuant to § 32¹⁰ (12) of the Energy Sector Organisation Act.

An electricity guarantee of origin is issued to an electricity producer to certify the origin and carbon emissions of the generated energy.

Electricity producers can find more information on the issuance of guarantees of origin and opening an account here.

The electricity guarantee of origin is used to verify the origin of the electricity supplied and consumed by the customer.

More information about trading and cancelling guarantees of origin can be found here.

Electricity consumers can find more information here.

For questions and suggestions related to electricity guarantees of origin, please contact go@elextra.ee.