Legal Status of the Prosumer of Renewable Energy Sources in Selected Aspects of National Law and Secondary Law of the European Union on the Example of the Directive (EU ) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 D ecember 2018 on the Promotion of the Use of Energy from Renewable Sources

Abstract

The main theme of the article is the analysis of the concept of energy democracy, of which prosumers of renewable energy sources are an essential element. Moreover, it is impossible to describe the advantages without mentioning the disadvantages in this field, which have also been addressed by the author. The purpose of this article is to show the complexity of the prosumer concept in the national and indirect EU law, and thereby the problems related to the regulation of rights and obligations occurring at the prosumer level.