{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1388/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1388/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/1388",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1388 of 17 August 2016 establishing a Network Code on Demand Connection (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1388",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Control requirements",
  "text": "1. The relevant TSO and the transmission-connected demand facility owner or the transmission-connected distribution system operator shall agree on the schemes and settings of the different control devices of the transmission-connected demand facility or the transmission-connected distribution system relevant for system security.\n2. The agreement shall cover at least the following elements:\n(a) isolated (network) operation;\n(b) damping of oscillations;\n(c) disturbances to the transmission network;\n(d) automatic switching to emergency supply and restoration to normal topology;\n(e) automatic circuit-breaker re-closure (on 1-phase faults).\n3. The relevant TSO and the transmission-connected demand facility owner or the transmission-connected distribution system operator shall agree on any changes to the schemes and settings of the different control devices of the transmission-connected demand facility or the transmission-connected distribution system relevant for system security.\n4. With regard to priority ranking of protection and control, the transmission-connected demand facility owner or the transmission-connected distribution system operator shall set the protection and control devices of its transmission-connected demand facility or its transmission-connected distribution system respectively, in compliance with the following priority ranking, organised in decreasing order of importance:\n(a) transmission network protection;\n(b) transmission-connected demand facility or transmission-connected distribution system protection;\n(c) frequency control (active power adjustment);\n(d) power restriction.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1388/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:37.269760+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}