Lithuanian Parliament adopted a law which introduced the Article 733 “Security Requirements for the Control Systems of Electricity Devices” to country’s legislation. The new legislation will address the risks associated with the remote controllability of PV inverters that the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) have highlighted lately, says the association.

The law states that the electricity production and/or information management systems and their security in solar and wind power plants and energy storage devices with an installed capacity greater than 100 kW must be ensured so that entities from countries that pose a threat to the national security of the Republic of Lithuania, according to the National Security Strategy (China is included in that list), do not have access to these systems, allowing them to remotely manage the power change parameters of electricity production and/or energy storage devices and turn these devices on or off. Grid operators shall not connect electricity production and/or energy storage devices to the electricity grids if the security of their control systems does not meet these requirements.

The adopted requirements will be applicable from the 1st May 2025 while the already installed/completed solar and wind power plants and energy storage facilities should accomplish the requirements by 1st May 2026 as the transitory phase will be necessary to change the respective information management systems.

”ESMC welcomes these important changes included into the law. We are expecting and looking forward for such kind of decision to be replicated in the other EU Member States. The application of NZIA resilience criterion to all solar and wind power plants and storage devices irrespective of the installed power capacities is a good opportunity to prevent our information management systems from the remote controllability risks,” says the association.