Integrated Energy Authorisation (IEA)

Integrated authorisation is required for the construction, operation and modification of energy production plants powered by renewable sources listed in Annex A to Provincial Law no. 15 of 2 May 2022, i.e:

The integrated authorisation also applies to the connected works and infrastructures that are indispensable for the construction and operation of the plants themselves, including interventions, also consisting in the demolition of buildings or environmental restoration, necessary for the redevelopment of the areas where the plants are located.
The procedure for issuing the Integrated Energy Authorisation (IEA) is in the hands of the Energy Resources Management Service of the Provincial Water and Energy Agency.

The application may be submitted by public and private entities that intend to install energy production plants from renewable sources in the Province of Trento

The applicant, completing the attached application form and attaching the project and all the necessary documents for the sectors concerned, sends the application to the pec serv.acquenergia@pec.provincia.tn.it.

The provincial structure responsible for energy issues the integrated authorisation in compliance with the regulations in force regarding environmental protection, landscape protection and the historical, artistic and archaeological heritage, the provincial urban plan (PUP) and the general plan for the use of public waters. The integrated authorisation encompasses and replaces all the permits and acts of consent, however denominated, necessary for the realisation of the intervention and constitutes, if necessary, a variant to the urban planning instruments subordinate to the PUP and a declaration of public utility, urgency and non-deferrability.

The integrated authorisation is issued following a decisive services conference in which all the administrations concerned participate, including the territorially competent municipality. The single procedure is concluded within a maximum term of ninety days. The reasoned determination of the positive conclusion of the services conference constitutes a licence to construct and operate the plant in compliance with the approved project and contains the obligation to restore the state of the sites at the expense of the operator following the decommissioning of the plant.
For the construction of biomass-fuelled plants, including newly built biogas plants, and for photovoltaic plants installed on the ground, the proponent, in the application, must demonstrate the availability of the land on which to build the plant.
The Integrated Energy Authorisation includes the related infrastructures, within the limits of Article 38 of Legislative Decree No. 199 of 2021.

For plants installed in the "Suitable Areas" envisaged by Article 4 of Provincial Law no. 4 of 2 May 2022, the procedure is simplified in that
(a) the landscape authorisation provided for by Article 64 of the Provincial Law for the Government of the Territory 2015 is replaced by a mandatory non-binding opinion. Once the time limit for the expression of the non-binding opinion has expired, the municipality or the provincial structure responsible for energy matters shall in any case proceed with the application;
(b) the time limit for the proceedings shall be reduced by one third.

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR THE ISSUE OF AN INTEGRATED ENERGY AUTHORISATION (IEA)
1. GENERAL DOCUMENTATION:
subjective requirements of the applicant
title deed or other deed attesting to the availability of the area subject to the intervention;
final project containing at least the following
- technical-descriptive report of the intervention, with particular reference to energy aspects and compatibility with urban planning instruments
- cartography framing the intervention, with particular reference to the urban planning instruments in force
- extract cadastral map of the area, with location of the intervention (including the works and infrastructures necessary for the construction and operation of the proposed plant) and list of the owners of all the parcels involved
- general planimetry of the plant
- graphical drawings (plans, sections, elevations, ...) suitable to adequately represent the extent of the intervention and related works;
It is stipulated that the plant project must contain all the work necessary for the construction and operation of the plant itself (works, infrastructures, demolitions, environmental restoration work, ... );
2. SPECIFIC DOCUMENTATION
2.1 ANTI-MAFIA
If applicable, relevant anti-mafia documentation pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 159 of 6 September 2011, so-called Anti-Mafia Code
2.2 SCREENING VIA
If the preliminary project has been subject to screening procedure (l.p. 19/2013)
- any report containing the elements useful to verify the compliance with environmental conditions / prescriptions contained in the measure of verification of VIA (screening)
2.3 AUTHORISATION D.P.R. no. 53/1998 and D.P.P.9-99/Leg of 13/05/2002
In the event that authorisation is requested for the construction and operation of electrical and thermal energy production plants pursuant to Presidential Decree no. 53 of 11/02/1998 and Presidential Decree 9-99/Leg of 13/05/2002
technical report with graphic drawings of the plant, indicating the specific activity for which the plant is intended, the production cycle, an indication of the presumed time for the plant to become fully operational, the use of the electrical energy produced, the requirements for which the plant is to be built, the characteristics of the connection to the national electricity system, the operating methods and the quantity, type and commodity characteristics of the fuels to be used, the techniques adopted to limit emissions and the quantity and quality of such emissions and, for plants subject to this condition, the technical minimum defined by means of the plant parameters that characterise it
specific technical report demonstrating compliance with the provisions of DPP 29-136/Leg. of 30/07/2008 and Annex 2 to the Provincial Environmental Energy Plan 2013-2020 or subsequent amendments
sworn expert's report certifying the quality and quantity of polluting emissions into the atmosphere;
2.4 WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURES CONNECTED TO THE PLANTS
If the project envisages the construction of connected works such as power lines/electrical works subject to the scope of application of LP 7/1995:
Application for authorisation for the construction and operation of power lines signed directly by the local electricity distributor.
In the case of pre-existing plant and limited modifications to the type of plant or to the route, being the same contained within 50 metres of the original route, within the limits of art. 61 of L.D: 16 July 2020 no. 76:
Self-certification document pursuant to L.P. 7/95 signed directly by the local electricity distributor.
2.5 OBSTACLES FOR LOW FLIGHT (If obstacle is higher than 15 m):
Possible self-certification document of no need to carry out the compatibility assessment of obstacles and dangers to air navigation required by ENAC signed by the designer.
2.6 GLARE PHENOMENA
Possible self-certification document of no need to carry out the assessment of photovoltaic systems in the airport surroundings (airport and heli-rescue stands) envisaged by ENAC signed by the designer.
2.7 INSTALLATION IN SUITABLE AREAS (Annex B. L.P. 2 May 2022 no. 4)
For all: verification report of the fulfilment of the urban standards and verification of compatibility with the intended use of the area so that there is no limitation of the original intended use.
Special cases:

• areas for infrastructure services and landfills:
  • areas for municipal solid waste landfill
    • active landfill with capping project: technical drawings submitted to APPA for AIA purposes for capping project
    • landfill with capping already in place: documents required by environmental regulations for AIA update if applicant is the operator
    • planned and inactive landfill: declaration of no interest to build it
  • areas for inert waste landfill
    • active landfill with capping project: technical documents required by the competent Municipality for authorisation
    • landfill with already completed capping: documents required by the competent Municipality for capping authorisation modification
    • planned and inactive landfill: declaration of no interest to build it
  • areas for other infrastructure services (e.g. sewage treatment plant)
    • on existing plant: any documents required by environmental regulations if necessary AIA update, compatibility report with the use of the area
  • planned: declaration of no interest in realising other infrastructural services
• actual mining areas and quarries: final plant project
• sites still to be reclaimed: approved reclamation project

2.8 AREAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LIST ANNEXED "B" P.L. 2 May 2022, no. 4
For the areas not included in the list under annex B of the Provincial Law dated 2nd May 2022, n. 4 nor among those identified by the Municipalities pursuant to art.4 paragraph 5 of the above mentioned law (suitable areas) documentation indicated in art.24 of the Provincial Law dated 4th August 2015 n.15 for the purposes of the urban planning variant. The documentation attached to the project must be drawn up with the contents provided for in the same article and in compliance with the "General Principles on the subject of territorial planning" referred to in Chapter I of Title I of the same Provincial Law 15/2015.
2.9 SECTORIAL DOCUMENTATION
Specific documentation for the authorisations to be included in the IEA according to the list provided by the competent structures (APPA, VVF, Other provincial services, Municipalities, etc.) pursuant to point 5 of the resolution. By way of example, this includes documents concerning authorisation procedures concerning emissions into the atmosphere, integrated environmental authorisation, quarry plan, etc.

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