May 27, 2026
The Mainz office of the Bundesnetzagentur. Image: Olaf Kosinsky / Wikicommons.
Germany’s energy system regulator has confirmed that BESS projects coming online by 4 August 2029 will be exempt from charging and discharging grid fees, opening up investment again after months of uncertainty.
Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) president Klaus Müller confirmed the news to Handelsblatt reporter Catianna Krapp this week, along with several other clarifications.
The 4 August 2029 deadline for large-scale energy storage projects was announced in late 2023. But recent statements by Bundesnetzagentur figureheads indicated that the deadline might be brought back. Or, even worse, it might have been done away with entirely and imposed on projects already online.
