The Province of Buenos Aires made a historic advance by enabling community distributed generation, allowing neighbors, SMEs, or consortia to partner to produce renewable energy and sell the surplus to the grid.
The measure was formalized through Resolution 17/2026, published in the Official Gazette, and constitutes the first provincial regulatory framework that governs this type of collective projects.
The new regulation
The resolution approves the Community Distributed Generation Regulation, which establishes technical, legal, economic, contractual, and tariff conditions for shared projects. According to Article 1, the scheme is oriented towards:
- Self-consumption of the generated renewable energy.
- Injection of surpluses into the public distribution network.
- Economic credit of those surpluses on the bills of participating users.
From individual to collective
Until now, the Buenos Aires regime was almost exclusively designed for individual users (households, businesses, or SMEs with solar panels). Collective projects lacked a clear legal framework, which created administrative obstacles or directly left them out of the system.
With the new regulations, two or more users with independent electrical supplies—or even the same holder with more than one meter—can partner to produce renewable energy.
The system must have a power greater than 10 kW and can be installed in an existing supply or a new one, always within the concession area of the same provincial or municipal distributor.
How accreditation works
The energy generated is first destined for self-consumption. The surpluses are injected into the grid, and their economic value is credited on the bills of the users who are part of the community project, according to the previously defined participation percentage.
The resolution is explicit: one of the central objectives is to ensure that the monetary amounts from the injection are distributed among all members of the association.
Registration and tax benefits
To operate within the regime, community user-generators must register in the Renewable Energy User-Generators Registry of the Province of Buenos Aires (RUGER), administered by the Electricity Control Agency (OCEBA).
The certificate issued by RUGER enables access to tax and fiscal benefits established by Law 15.325. Additionally, the registry will monthly inform the Revenue Agency of the Province of Buenos Aires (ARBA) of registrations, modifications, and cancellations, to apply the corresponding exemptions.
Expected impact
The enabling of community distributed generation opens the door to:
- Greater citizen participation in the energy transition.
- Cost reduction through shared investments.
- Boost to renewable energy in neighborhoods, consortia, and SMEs.
- Strengthening of provincial energy security.
Resolution 17/2026 marks a before and after in Buenos Aires’ energy policy. By allowing neighbors and companies to partner to generate renewable energy and share benefits, the province aligns with global trends in distributed energy, sustainability, and community participation.
