Issuing a rooftop solar power mechanism, installation capacity from 1,000kW must apply for a license

Solar panels installed in Ho Chi Minh City - Photo: NGOC HIEN

The Government has just issued Decree No. 135 regulating mechanisms and policies to encourage the development of self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power. The Decree takes effect from today, October 22, 2024.

This Decree stipulates the mechanism and policies to encourage the development of self-produced and self-consumed solar power installed on the roofs of construction works.

Expanding the scope of industrial and export processing zones installed

Including houses, offices, industrial parks, industrial clusters, export processing zones, high-tech zones, economic zones, production facilities, and business establishments invested and built in accordance with the provisions of law.

Direct electricity trading between organizations and individuals is carried out according to the decree on the mechanism for direct electricity trading between renewable energy generators and large electricity users.

The newly issued Decree has an expanded scope of application to all subjects including houses, offices, industrial parks, industrial clusters, export processing zones, high-tech zones, economic zones, production establishments, and business establishments invested and built nationwide.

The notable point of the decree is the policy to encourage the development of self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power.

Specifically, organizations and individuals installing self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power are exempt from electricity operation licenses and have unlimited installation capacity in the following cases:

Not connected to the national power grid; Installing anti-backflow devices into the national power grid; Households and individual houses developing self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power with a capacity of less than 100kW.

Organizations and individuals installing self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power with an installed capacity of 1,000kW or more and selling surplus electricity to the national power system must carry out procedures on power planning and request a power operation license in accordance with the provisions of law.

Units, organizations and individuals who install rooftop solar power for self-production and self-consumption will enjoy preferential tax policies according to current tax laws. Administrative procedures according to current specialized laws will be shortened.

Many preferential policies, reduced procedures

Construction works with self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power installations do not have to adjust or supplement energy land and functions according to the provisions of law.

Self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power of households, individual houses; offices and constructions identified as public assets are identified as technological equipment attached to construction works.

According to the issued decree, with self-produced, self-consumed rooftop solar power systems connected to the national power system, with a capacity of less than 100kW, if not fully used, they can be sold to the national power system but not more than 20% of the actual installed capacity.

Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) is responsible for paying organizations and individuals for the excess electricity output generated to the national power system, but not exceeding 20% ​​of the actual installed capacity.

The price for buying and selling surplus electricity to the national power system is equal to the average market price of electricity in the previous year. This price is announced by the power system and electricity market operator to ensure appropriate incentives in each period.

Self-produced, self-consumed rooftop solar power installed on the roof of a construction site that is an office or a construction site identified as a public asset does not purchase or sell surplus electricity.

With this regulation, households and individual houses that develop rooftop solar power for self-production and self-consumption are exempted from or do not have to adjust their business licenses. At the same time, organizations and individuals are encouraged to decide to install a battery storage system (BESS) to ensure safe and stable operation of the power system.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/ban-hanh-co-che-dien-mat-troi-mai-nha-cong-suat-lap-tu-1-000kw-phai-xin-giay-phep-20241022184921694.htm