Power Line Expansion Act

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Basic data
Title: Law on the expansion of power lines
Short title: Power Line Expansion Act
Abbreviation: EnLAG
Type: Federal law
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Issued on the basis of: Art. 74 para. 1 no. 11 GG
Legal matter: Commercial administrative law , energy law
References : 752-7
Issued on: August 21, 2009
( BGBl. I p. 2870 )
Entry into force on: August 26, 2009
Last change by: Art. 250 VO of June 19, 2020
( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1328, 1357 )
Effective date of the
last change: 		June 27, 2020
(Art. 361 of June 19, 2020)
Weblink: Text of the law
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The Energy Line Expansion Act (EnLAG) is a German federal law that has been regulating the accelerated expansion of 22 (originally 24) 380 kV three-phase high voltage overhead lines in the transmission network since 2009 . The use of underground cables in sections is possible within the framework of six (originally four) pilot projects . The EnLAG requirement plan , a list of specific line construction projects , is an annex part of this law.

The Federal Requirements Plan Act, which was passed in 2013 and which includes further line construction projects, has a function comparable to that of the EnLAG .

Background and goals

The Energy Line Expansion Act was passed by the Bundestag on May 7, 2009 and by the Bundesrat on June 12, 2009 . In the Bundestag, the resolution was passed with the votes of fractions CDU / CSU, SPD and FDP voting against the factions Alliance 90 / The Greens and The Left and with one vote against and one abstention from the SPD.

The development and adoption of the law is related to the liberalization of the energy markets and the necessity of network conversion and expansion resulting from the energy transition . The act defined those extra-high voltage lines that the four German transmission system operators (TSOs) should or should urgently expand from 2009 onwards.

According to Section 1 of the Act, the EnLAG line construction projects serve not only to integrate electricity from renewable energy sources, but also to interoperate the electricity networks within the European Union ( European network ), connect new power plants or avoid structural bottlenecks in the transmission network. According to Section 1 (2) EnLAG, all projects correspond to the objectives of Section 1 of the Energy Industry Act (EnWG), which means that their necessity for the energy industry and the urgent need are established. Their realization is also necessary for reasons of overriding public interest and in the interest of public safety . This legal anchoring of the plan justification (determination of the need) is binding for planning procedures and permits. In order to achieve the goal of accelerating the procedure, Section 1 (3) EnLAG also defines a short legal process ; in the case of complaints, the Federal Administrative Court ( 4th appeal panel ) decides in the first and last instance .

Line construction project of the EnLAG requirement plan

The Energy Line Expansion Act in its 2019 version includes 22 projects for high voltage lines with a total length of around 1,800 kilometers, which are listed in the annex to the law (“EnLAG requirement plan”). The projects were selected primarily on the basis of the dena Network Study I from 2005 and the guidelines for the trans-European energy networks (TEN-E) of the European Union from 2006. The EnLAG project numbers 1 to 8 and result from the dena Network Study I 10; Projects according to the TEN-E guidelines are numbers 1, 3, 4, 9 and 12. The two projects nos. 22 and 24 contained in the first version of the law have meanwhile been deleted following the network development plan reviews; the consecutive project numbering remained unaffected.

According to § 2 EnLAG, technically and economically efficient underground cable sections are permitted under certain conditions for the six projects with the numbers 2 (in the Ganderkesee – St. Hülfe section), 4 (Altenfeld – Redwitz section), 5, 6, 14 (Rhine crossing im Section Wesel – Utfort) and 16. The additional costs incurred for the construction, operation and modification of underground cables must be passed on to the four transmission system operators.

No. 1 Project 1 Length (approx. Km) TSO (Planned) commissioning Realized sections
1 New high voltage line Kassø (DK) –Hamburg Nord – Dollern, nominal voltage 380 kV 195 TenneT 2020 Flensburg-Handewitt-Audorf (under construction since 2018);
Audorf – Hamburg Nord (commissioning 2017);
Hamburg Nord – Dollern (partial commissioning 2019)
2 New construction of the extra high voltage line Ganderkesee – Wehrendorf, nominal voltage 380 kV 94 Amprion / TenneT 2023 under construction since 2017
3 New construction of the high voltage line Neuenhagen – Bertikow / Vierraden – Krajnik (PL), nominal voltage 380 kV 123 50Hertz 2022 Vierraden – Krajnik / federal border (commissioning 2018)
4th New construction of the high voltage line Lauchstädt – Redwitz (as part of the connection Halle / Saale – Schweinfurt), nominal voltage 380 kV 190 50Hertz / TenneT 2017 completely
5 New construction of the high voltage line Dörpen / West – Niederrhein , nominal voltage 380 kV 181 Amprion / TenneT 2023 Dörpen / West – Meppen (under construction since 2018);
Nordvelen – Borken Süd (test operation since 2018);
Borken Süd – Wesel (test run since 2016)
6th New construction of the high voltage line Wahle – Mecklar, nominal voltage 380 kV 221 TenneT 2024 Lamspringe – Hardegsen (under construction since 2018);
National border NI / HE – Mecklar (under construction since 2018)
7th Allocation of extra high voltage line Bergkamen – Gersteinwerk, nominal voltage 380 kV 8th Amprion 2009 completely
8th Assignment of extra high voltage line Kriftel – Eschborn, nominal voltage 380 kV 10 Amprion 2017 completely
9 New construction of the high voltage line Hamburg / Krümmel – Schwerin, nominal voltage 380 kV 65 50Hertz 2012 completely
10 Retrofitting of the high voltage line Redwitz – Grafenrheinfeld from 220 kV to 380 kV (as part of the connection Halle / Saale – Schweinfurt) 95 TenneT 2015 completely
11 New construction of the Neuenhagen – Wustermark high voltage line (as the 1st part of the Berliner Ring), nominal voltage 380 kV 80 50Hertz 2021 Birkenwerder – Wustermark (preliminary 220 kV operation since 2017)
12 New interconnector Eisenhüttenstadt – Baczyna (PL), nominal voltage 380 kV 8th 50Hertz not before 2030 2  
13 New construction of the high-voltage line Niederrhein / Wesel – Landes Grenz NL (direction Doetinchem) , nominal voltage 380 kV 30th Amprion 2018 completely
14th New high voltage line Niederrhein – Utfort – Osterath, nominal voltage 380 kV 42 Amprion 2024 St. Tönis – Fellerhöfe (under construction since 2019);
Existing line sections:
Hüls West – St. Tönis,
Fellerhöfe – Osterrath
15th New construction of the high voltage line Osterath – Weißenthurm, nominal voltage 380 kV 136 Amprion 2022 Osterath – Rommerskirchen (under construction since 2018);
Rommerskirchen – Sechtem (under construction since 2017);
Sechtem-Weißenthurm (commissioning 2013)
16 New construction of the high voltage line Wehrendorf – Gütersloh, nominal voltage 380 kV 70 Amprion 2026  
17th New construction of the high voltage line Gütersloh – Bechterdissen, nominal voltage 380 kV 31 Amprion 2018 completely
18th New high voltage line Lüstringen – Westerkappeln, nominal voltage 380 kV 20th Amprion 2026 complete (completed in 2017, one circuit still in 220 kV operation)
19th New construction of the high voltage line Kruckel – Dauersberg, nominal voltage 380 kV 126 Amprion 2025 Kruckel – Garenfeld (under construction since 2019);
State border NRW / RP – Eiserfeld (under construction since 2017)
State border NRW / RP – Dauersberg (under construction since 2017)
20th New construction of the high voltage line Dauersberg – Hünstelden, nominal voltage 380 kV 60 Amprion 2012 completely
21st New construction of the high voltage line Marxheim – Kelsterbach, nominal voltage 380 kV 7th Amprion 2010 completely
22  3 (canceled) 3 Conversion of the Weier – Villingen high-voltage line from nominal voltage 110 kV to nominal voltage 380 kV 70 TransnetBW -  3 -  3
23 Conversion of the high voltage line Neckarwestheim – Mühlhausen from nominal voltage 220 kV to nominal voltage 380 kV 25th TransnetBW 2015 completely
24  4 (canceled) 4 New construction of the high voltage line Bünzwangen – Lindach, nominal voltage 380 kV, as well as conversion of the high voltage line Lindach – Goldshöfe from nominal voltage 110 kV to nominal voltage 380 kV 60 TransnetBW -  4th -  4th
Map of the EnLAG projects (as of 2013)
1 Project numbers and names correspond to the EnLAG system.
2According to the EnLAG monitoring report Q2 / 2019, the procedure for project no.12 is suspended due to difficulties with the Polish side. Complete commissioning with the Polish side is not foreseeable before 2030.
3Project No. 22 was classified as no longer necessary from an energy point of view after an examination as part of the creation of the network development plan target year 2022 . It was therefore deleted from the EnLAG in 2013 by Art. 3 of the Second Act on Measures to Accelerate the Network Expansion of Electricity Networks.
4thProject no. 24 was classified as no longer necessary from an energy point of view after an audit as part of the creation of the network development plan target year 2024 . It was therefore deleted from the EnLAG in 2015 by Art. 5 of the law amending provisions of the law on power line construction.

Reports and Monitoring

According to § 3 EnLAG, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), in agreement with the BMUB and the BMVI, examines the requirement plan (list of EnLAG line construction projects) for any need for adaptation and regularly submits a report to the Bundestag, including experience with underground cable use are to be presented in the case of EnLAG projects. Initially, the reports ran every three years (2012 and 2015). Since 2015, a report has to be submitted in every even calendar year, which first happened in 2016 and then in autumn 2018.

As a regulatory authority , the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) also regularly reviews the planning and construction progress in accordance with Section 35 EnWG and prepares a quarterly monitoring report on the current status of the EnLAG projects.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clear the way for investments in modern networks - the Energy Line Expansion Act (EnLAG) can come into force. Press release. BMWi , June 12, 2009, archived from the original on January 30, 2011 ; accessed on October 16, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Minutes of the plenary session 16/220. (PDF) Stenographic report 220th meeting. German Bundestag - 16th electoral term, May 7, 2009, p. 24002 , accessed on October 18, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Law on the Expansion of Power Lines (EnLAG). BNetzA , accessed on October 21, 2017 .
  4. ↑ dena grid study - energy management planning for the grid integration of wind energy in Germany on land and offshore by 2020. (PDF) Study on behalf of the Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) . Consortium DEWI / E.ON Netz / EWI / RWE Transportnetz Strom / VE Transmission, February 24, 2005, accessed on October 20, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Decision No. 1364/2006 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 laying down guidelines for the trans-European energy networks and repealing Decision 96/391 / EC and Decision No. 1229/2003 / EC
  6. ↑ a b printed matter 18/9855. (PDF) Information from the Federal Government. Report according to § 3 of the Power Line Expansion Act. German Bundestag - 18th electoral term, September 29, 2016, p. 1 , accessed on October 20, 2017 .
  7. ↑ a b c d e Monitoring of the power grid expansion - EnLAG / BBPlG / network optimization Monitoring / offshore connections - Second Quarter 2019 (PDF) BNetzA , October 23, 2019 called on 6 December 2019 .
  8. ↑ BGBl. 2013 I p. 2543 , PDF
  9. ↑ BGBl. 2015 I p. 2490 , PDF
  10. ↑ Printed matter 19/4675. (PDF) Information from the Federal Government. Report according to § 3 of the Power Line Expansion Act. German Bundestag - 19th electoral term, September 27, 2018, accessed on October 18, 2018 .