The dated deadlines we can verify against the published ANRE Orders and the KP1 applicant’s guide, with a source for every line. General, public-source dates only: nothing here is specific to any project or mandate.
Order 15/2026 (connection regulation) and Order 16/2026 (amending the authorisation Regulament approved by Order 6/2025).
Order 15/2026 and Order 16/2026, both dated 21 May 2026
25 May 2026
Past
Both Orders published in the Monitorul Oficial (nr. 436 and nr. 439). Order 15/2026 in force; the 20 percent connection guarantee and the Order 16/2026 guarantee of 30 EUR/kW apply from this date.
The transitional AI backstop below counts from this date. Guarantee levels are in the table further down.
Monitorul Oficial, Partea I, nr. 436 and nr. 439 of 25 May 2026
1 September 2026, 12:00
Past
KP1 stand-alone storage call opens for submission on MySMIS2021.
EUR 150 million scheme. Window runs to 30 October 2026.
KP1 official applicant’s guide; MySMIS2021
30 October 2026, 14:00
Next
KP1 submission window closes.
A time of day, not just a date. Feasibility study is due at submission. Countdown above.
KP1 official applicant’s guide; MySMIS2021
25 May 2027
Upcoming
AI deadline for connection contracts above 1 MW already in force on 25 May 2026.
Missing it means the ATR lapses and the connection contract terminates by operation of law.
Order 15/2026, Article V alin. (3) and (5)
Clocks with no fixed calendar date
These start from an event on your own file, so they cannot sit on a shared calendar. Each is explained in a note.
Clock
Rule
Source
AI deadline above 1 MW
The earliest of the execution-contract date, CR + 12 months and ATR + 18 months. See Your AI has three clocks.
Order 15/2026, Article 36 alin. (5^2)
Extensions
Plus 60 days from ANRE if the dossier is found complete before expiry. Plus up to 12 months, once, from the grid operator for delay not attributable to the applicant.
Order 15/2026, Article 36 alin. (5^4), (5^5), (5^7)
Financing filing after the AI
Where the application relied on precontractual financing documents, final financing documents are due within the term set in the AI’s specific conditions, capped at six months from the AI grant. Sanction: withdrawal of the AI. See Taking your AI early can cost you the project.
Order 6/2025 Regulament Art. 19 alin. (3) and Art. 45 lit. j), as amended by Order 16/2026
KP1 commissioning
48 months from the grant date to reach commercial operation.
KP1 official applicant’s guide
KP1 grid connection permit
Required by the first payment claim, not at submission.
KP1 official applicant’s guide
Guarantee levels and caps
Item
Level
Source
Connection guarantee
20 percent of the connection tariff, excluding VAT, above 1 MW of approved evacuation power, from 25 May 2026. A transitional rule leaves out cases where the operator had already communicated the guarantee value before that date.
Order 15/2026
Authorisation guarantee
30 EUR/kW of installed capacity, constituted when the AI application is filed and held until the reception protocol. See Two guarantees that look alike.
Order 16/2026
KP1 aid intensity cap
69,000 EUR per MWh
KP1 official applicant’s guide
KP1 total aid cap
15 million EUR per enterprise
KP1 official applicant’s guide
What is not on this calendar
Dates tied to an individual project, contract or mandate are not published here. Draft measures still in consultation are left out until they are adopted and dated. If a date you rely on is missing, or a source here has changed, tell us through the contact page.
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