RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MINOAN ENERGY CEC – 23.11.2025
IMMEDIATE LICENSING OF PROJECTS FUNDED BY EUROPEAN PROGRAMS
The members of the Minoan Energy Community, at the General Assembly of 23 November 2025, after being informed by the Board of Directors and the Scientific Team of the Community about the progress of procedures and the planning of the projects included in the EU‑funded programs, unanimously adopted the following resolution:
- We request the immediate review of the pending applications for final connection offers for PV stations in Crete with virtual net‑metering or virtual simultaneous net‑metering submitted in previous periods, as project progress is dangerously delayed, posing a high risk of exclusion from EU funding.
- We request the adoption of a legislative provision for the Minoan Energy Community, enabling it to submit applications for energy production within the framework of the approved flagship European project “Crete‑Valley” (Proposal number: 101136139, Call: HORIZON‑CL5‑2023‑D3‑01), in areas of Crete where electrical capacity is still available.
- We request that any energy space freed after the rejection of applications from virtual communities be allocated to broad‑based social energy communities, so they may develop socially beneficial projects in their regions.
- We demand that the remaining available electrical capacity from the total 30 MW foreseen under Article 32 of Law 4819/2021 for the energy communities of Crete be allocated to genuine, broad‑based communities—such as Minoan Energy CEC, the largest in the country—following the fair rejection of applications from virtual energy communities which, in essence, represent investors/speculators exploiting the energy communities framework to appropriate energy space.
- We further demand that, in these self‑evident cases, the pending Article 59 of the draft bill under consultation not apply, as its only effect would be to allow speculators to replace old figureheads with new ones in the shareholder structure of these pseudo‑communities.
- We request that a single investor, who created 30 communities under two corporate names, not be allowed to monopolize nearly all of the 30 MW of electrical capacity foreseen under Article 132 of Law 4819/2021 for Crete’s genuine broad‑based energy communities (with more than 60 members). Article 132 explicitly reserves 30 MW exclusively for real Energy Communities, either with more than 60 members or with the participation of local authorities for public purposes. The participation of the same municipality in dozens of commercial “energy communities” of a private investor does not constitute a public purpose and is an abusive practice, as it enables the circumvention of the 60‑member requirement and the avoidance of guarantees and other obligations, while allowing the investor to enjoy enormous profits otherwise unattainable.
- Minoan Energy CEC, the largest energy community in the country with 950 members and the only genuine broad‑based energy communities in Crete, is entitled to—and demands—proportionate electrical capacity to ensure the consistent completion of the above projects and the advancement of its overall public‑benefit mission. Minoan Energy CEC requests 4 MW for EU‑funded projects and 8–10 MW for its remaining public‑benefit activities.
In light of the above, we request the satisfaction of our fair and legitimate demands and the protection of the institution of Energy Communities, declaring that we will not accept the retroactive legitimization of abuses and violations. Institutions are judged now. The State must demonstrate integrity, strictness, and full adherence to legality.
🔗 See the text of the resolution (in Greek) here
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