Impact of emerging distributed generation facilities on distribution network

European and national authorities are focusing on renewable energy sources for some time now. Incentives for investments in this domain targeted both development of new sites and bonuses for green energy production so many projects for small energy production plants are now either working or will be commissioned in near future. In contrast, refurbishing of existing distribution network is somehow left behind, causing many setbacks. One reason is that renewable resources are often available in less developed areas on the far end of radial distribution networks. Sustaining current rate of development will become very difficult under current legislative frame without regulation adjustment. First part of our paper present the current situation in one subsidiary of Electrica S.A. , the Romanian distribution company, taking into account both existing facilities and new projects developed in our area. Then, some of available technical solutions are described Third part of this paper covers the influence of new small distributed generators on power quality. PQ monitoring equipments were deployed for each new power plant. Conclusions and future development directions make up the final part of our paper.