At a Baku forum on 22 October, the Green Energy Corridor’s feasibility-study results were presented to investors, prospective electricity buyers and suppliers for the first time. The project has now moved into the harder phase: building the commercial case for a planned 2029 investment decision.
Georgia has begun building a rooftop-solar and self-consumption market. The next stage could allow households, businesses and communities to store, share and trade electricity in ways that also support the power system, says Energy Community Secretariat expert Salome Janelidze.
A conceptual paper by GNERC Chair Davit Narmania proposes using seasonal electricity swaps and reserved cross-border capacity to turn Georgia’s summer surplus into a winter energy-security resource.
GREDA says producers need clarity before next year’s high-water season, while GNERC argues that regulating hydropower and storage are essential to managing Georgia’s recurring seasonal surplus.
Georgia’s 2026 grid-rule amendments have tied transmission connection rights more closely to project viability, construction progress, capacity consistency and contractual deadlines. For renewable-energy developers, the grid connection agreement now has to be managed as part of a wider legal and investment structure.
