The Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ISBIH) has published the second edition of the BiH standard BAS EN 50549-1:2024, Requirements for generating plants to be connected to distribution networks – Part 1: Connection to a low-voltage distribution network – Generating plants up to and including Type B.

This standard specifies the technical requirements for protection functions and operational capabilities for generating plants intended for parallel with low-voltage (LV) distribution networks. For practical reasons, this document refers to the responsible party, where the requirements have to be defined by actor other than the distribution system operator (DSO), for example, the transmission system operator (TSO), member state, regulatory authorities, according to the legal framework. Typically the distribution system operator will inform the producer about these requirements.

The requirements of this European standard apply, irrespective of the kind of energy source and irrespective of the presence of loads in the producer’s network, to generating plants, generating modules, electrical machinery, and electronic equipment that meet all of the following conditions:

-        converting any energy source into AC electrically;

-        generating modules capacity of type B or smaller according to Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/631 while considering national implementation of the decision regarding power limits between A and B types, and B and C types;

-        connected to and operated in parallel with an AC LV distribution network.

This BiH standard was prepared by the Technical Committee BAS/TC 10, Electrical energy measurement equipment and load control.