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Legalising solar panels that are already installed costs €449, VAT included, when a valid installation certificate exists and what is on the roof matches the paperwork. It covers pre-validation, documentation, filing with the regional Industry office and follow-up. It does not cover another company's installation certificate, the council licence or local taxes. The authority decides, not us.
Last legal review of this service: . The rules behind what is stated here are cited further down, with the article and the date they were read.
Panels producing power does not mean the installation is on record. They are different things, and the difference always shows up at the worst moment.
One round of revisions included
What falls outside is covered by: Check first what paperwork you have, If your installer disappeared.
A legalisation can have fifteen line items or four, and the price depends on how many are inside. These are the line items, one by one, and where each one sits here.
| Line item | Inside this price | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-validation of the application before anything is filed | Yes | We check that the installation certificate holds up and that the paperwork matches what is installed. |
| Technical design report | Yes | Within the standard scope, where required. |
| Self-consumption code, the identifier of the installation with your grid operator | Yes | Where needed and the installation is exempt from the grid access procedure. |
| Filing with the regional Industry office | Yes | With the filing receipt sent the same day. |
| Follow-up of the application after filing | Yes | Up to delivery of the final file, sorted. |
| Response to a formal request whose cause is our paperwork | Yes | At no cost. It comes out of our margin. |
| Response to a formal request whose cause is a fact from you or your installer | No | If the formal request comes from a fact or a document supplied by you or by your installer, that response is quoted separately and you are told the amount before we touch it. |
| Electrical installation certificate for works carried out by another company | No | The regulation places that certificate in the hands of whoever built the system. Without a valid one, the case is the full legalisation with a site visit, from €649. |
| Site visit to the installation | No | It sits inside the full legalisation, from €649. |
| Council procedure: responsible declaration or works licence | No | Handled separately. Each council has its own form, its own fee and its own timing. |
| Local taxes and the application for an IBI or ICIO reduction | No | Handled separately. The conditions are set by each council in its own by-law and differ from one municipality to the next. |
| Grid access and connection permits, where they are mandatory | No | Outside the standard scope. If they appear, an extension is quoted before going further. |
| Inspection by an authorised inspection body | No | Outside the standard scope. If it appears, an extension is quoted before going further. |
| Electrical alterations | No | Of any kind, neither in the consumer unit nor in the existing wiring. |
| Third-party public fees | None | This service carries no third-party fees. Checked on 24 August 2026. |
The price of this service is fixed against that list. If pre-validation finds more work than expected, you choose between paying the difference or getting your money back: nothing extra is ever charged without a fresh, explicit decision from you.
Six steps. Four are ours, one is yours and one depends on the administration, and you can tell which is which at a glance.
You send us your details, upload the installation certificate and the equipment datasheets, and sign the authorisation.
We pre-validate: we check that the certificate holds up and that the paperwork matches what is installed.
Our turnaround: 2 working days
Counted from: Receipt of the complete documentation.
We do not promise: That pre-validation comes out favourable. If it does not, the case changes service and we tell you before charging anything more.
We complete what is missing: technical report within the standard scope, self-consumption code and registration paperwork.
Our turnaround: 3 working days
Counted from: The close of pre-validation.
We do not promise: The date on which your grid operator will assign the self-consumption code.
We file the application and send you the filing receipt the same day.
Our turnaround: 1 working day
Counted from: The application being complete.
We do not promise: Any decision date or effective registration date.
The regional Industry office reviews the application and may issue a formal request. That time is set by the administration.
The timing is set by the authority. We do not commit to it.
We follow up, answer one formal request when the cause is ours, and hand you the closed file.
Our turnaround: 3 working days
Counted from: Notification of each action by the administration.
We do not promise: That there will be no formal request. That the decision will be favourable.
This is everything we need from you. Each document says what it is for, because a requirement without a reason looks like red tape and is not.
Required
Without proven representation we cannot file the application in your name.
Required
They identify the supply and the self-consumption installation in the file. If the self-consumption code is missing, we obtain it within the service.
Required
It is the piece that makes this the standard service rather than the full one. The regulation places that certificate in the hands of whoever built the system.
If you have it
If you do not have it, we write it within the standard scope. If you do, we review it before filing.
Required
The procedure requires evidence of the equipment actually installed.
Required
The arrangement on record determines how your energy is settled. Changing it later is a separate procedure with its own conditions.
Hiring us is not the only way out, and there are cases where it is not the best one. These are the real alternatives, with when each one suits you.
If you have a digital certificate, the complete paperwork and time to understand the procedure. It is your right and it costs no professional fees.
Your own time
Almost always. Filing is usually part of a turnkey installation; if you already paid for it, claim it before buying it twice.
No professional fees
If the technical document is what you are missing but you feel able to handle the procedure.
€149
We do it when you would rather not: we file in your name with a signed authorisation, and we answer for the application until it closes.
Fixed price
€449
VAT included
The application is filed with the regional Industry office and you receive the filing receipt.
If you are an installer and send us a structured file, the trade rate is €319 before VAT. The difference is exactly the work you save us.
3 working days
Counted from: The application being complete: valid certificate, equipment datasheets and signed authorisation.
What this turnaround does not cover
Regional Industry office
Review of the application and registration of the installation.
No date commitment on our side.
Your grid operator
Assignment of the self-consumption code and update of the supply point details.
No date commitment on our side.
Your electricity retailer
The surplus credit being applied to your bill.
No date commitment on our side.
We commit to filing a complete application and following it through. The decision date is set by the authority, not by us, so we do not promise it.
The most common mistake is filing the application with the equipment from the quote rather than the equipment that was mounted. If the inverter changed on site and nobody updated it, the file describes an installation that does not exist. That is why pre-validation compares paperwork against photographs before anything is filed.
The regulation places that certificate in the hands of the company that carried out the works. If you do not have it, or that company is gone, somebody has to go and inspect the installation before anything can be signed: that is the full legalisation with a site visit, from €649.
Then this is not a filing job: it is a regularisation, and it starts with an assessment that compares what is there against what the paperwork says and classifies the case before quoting the work.
If you suspect that is your case, the cheapest way in is to check first which papers exist and which are missing, for €49. Check the status of your panels
Included: pre-validation, the technical design report within the standard scope, the self-consumption code, preparation of the paperwork, filing with the regional Industry office, follow-up, and one response to a formal request when the cause is ours. Not included: the installation certificate for another company's works, grid access permits, an inspection body, a council licence or local taxes.
Because the scope is not always the same. Before comparing prices it is worth comparing what is inside: whether there is pre-validation, whether the self-consumption code is handled, whether formal requests are answered and whether anyone follows the application after filing. The table on this page lists what each item covers.
Yes, for this price. The regulation places that certificate in the hands of the company that carried out the works. If you do not have it, or that company is gone, the case is the full legalisation with a site visit, from €649.
Source: Real Decreto 842/2002, de 2 de agosto, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento electrotécnico para baja tensión, art. 18.1.d), read on .
Our turnaround is three working days from the application being complete to filing it. What the Industry office takes afterwards is not something we commit to: the administration has its own general maximum of three months where no other period is set.
Source: Ley 39/2015, de 1 de octubre, del Procedimiento Administrativo Común de las Administraciones Públicas, art. 21, read on .
The regional Industry, Energy and Mining office of your province, within the Valencian regional government. Your grid operator is also involved, for the self-consumption code, and your electricity retailer, for the surplus credit.
We follow up. If a formal request arrives and the cause is our paperwork, we answer it at no cost. If the cause is a fact supplied by you or by your installer, we tell you the amount before touching it. When the file closes, we hand you the final folder.
Filing the application with the equipment from the quote rather than the equipment that was actually mounted. If the inverter changed on site and nobody updated it, the file describes an installation that does not exist, and the problem shows up years later. That is why pre-validation compares paperwork against photographs before anything is filed.
In the Valencia region, low-voltage self-consumption generation of 10 kW or less is filed with the regional Industry, Energy and Mining office of your province, with a technical design report, an installation certificate and the corresponding communication.
Generalitat Valenciana, procedimiento 21116, instalaciones de generación de energía eléctrica de baja tensión destinadas a autoconsumo de potencia instalada inferior o igual a 10 kW, read on . No end date.
The installation certificate is issued by the installer that carried out the works. That is why this service requires a valid one: without it, somebody has to go and inspect the installation before anything can be signed.
Real Decreto 842/2002, de 2 de agosto, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento electrotécnico para baja tensión, art. 18.1.d), read on . No end date.
Self-consumption is classified into arrangements with and without surplus. The arrangement recorded in the file determines how your energy is settled.
Real Decreto 244/2019, de 5 de abril, por el que se regulan las condiciones administrativas, técnicas y económicas del autoconsumo de energía eléctrica, art. 4, read on . No end date.
Self-consumption installations are entered in an administrative register. Filing the application is what sets that entry in motion; it is not the same as being registered.
Real Decreto 244/2019, de 5 de abril, por el que se regulan las condiciones administrativas, técnicas y económicas del autoconsumo de energía eléctrica, art. 19, read on . No end date.
The administration is required to decide, with a general maximum of three months where no other period is set. That period is theirs, not ours, and it runs from the entry of the application in the competent electronic register.
Ley 39/2015, de 1 de octubre, del Procedimiento Administrativo Común de las Administraciones Públicas, art. 21, read on . No end date.
With the installation certificate and the equipment datasheets we know within two working days whether your file fits the standard scope. If it does not, we tell you before charging anything more.
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