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Quebec Energy Policy 2030
In 2016 Government of Quebec adopted Energy Policy until 2030. The goal of the Policy is to build a sustainable low-carbon economy of the region based on energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions. Three pillars are guiding the Government of Quebec new policy: 1) energy…
GreenPower Scheme
GreenPower is a national accreditation program for renewable energy. It provides households, businesses, governments and event organisers with the choice of purchasing government accredited renewable energy from their retailer or through a decoupled GreenPower provider. The…
Nova Scotia Renewable Portfolio Standard
A Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requires electricity providers to obtain a minimum percentage of their electricity supply from eligible renewable energy sources by a certain date with the required percentage usually increasing over time. An RPS can be voluntary or…
Northwest Territories Solar Strategy
The Strategy guides the Government of the Northwest Territories’ (GNWT) actions to promote the use of solar energy technologies in the Northwest Territories (NWT). The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is responsible for coordinating actions described in the…
South Australian Feed-in Tariff Scheme
South Australia's Solar Feed-in Scheme pays a net feed-in tariff to eligible small customers consuming less than 160 MWh of electricity per annum and who feed solar electricity into the electricity grid. Households, small businesses, community buildings and churches with solar…
Sustainability Victoria
Sustainability Victoria's statutory objective is to facilitate and promote environmental sustainability in the use of resources. Established under the Sustainability Victoria Act 2005, SV is a statutory authority with a board appointed by the Minister for Environment and Climate…
Standing offer program for renewable projects in British Columbia
British Columbia wants to facilitate the development of distributed clean electricity generating projects in British Columbia to support its goal of self-sufficiency and help promote B.C. innovation. This electricity policy directs BC Hydro to develop a program, in consultation…
Transposition of Directive 2014/94/UE
The decree deals with the construction and management of an infrastructure for alternative fuels. The decree also identifies fuels for which introducing measures is a priority. In particular, it sets the mandatory objectives for electricity and natural gas (compressed and…
Development plan of electrical energy transport network 2015-2020
On the 16th of October 2015, the Council of Ministers approved the Energy Plan: Development plan for the electrical energy transport network 2015-2020. The primary objective of the plan is to guarantee the security of the electricity supply, introducing environmental and…
Ikummatiit Energy Strategy
Ikummatiit Energy Strategy was adopted in 2007 by the Government of Nunavut and provides energy vision for the energy sector until 2020. The goal is to reach a sustainable energy system that is secure, environmentally responsible, and optimizes economic benefits by 2020. The…
Prince Edward Island Renewable Energy Act
The Renewable Energy Act requires utilities to acquire at least 15% of electrical energy from renewable sources by 2010 (Renewable Portfolio Standard). The province has achieved this target. Currently about 25% of PEI’s electricity consumption is sourced from on-island wind…
Clean Energy Vehicule Program in British Columbia
The Clean Energy Vehicle (CEV) Program is intended to encourage and accelerate the adoption of CEVs in B.C. for their environmental and economic benefits. The program does this by: Helping make clean transportation solutions more affordable Increasing awareness of CEVs…
Renewable Energy Target
The Renewable Energy Target (RET) is designed to deliver a 23.5% share for renewables in Australia’s electricity mix by 2020. The RET legislation includes a legislated annual Large-Scale Renewable Generation Targets (LRET), rising to 33,000 gigawatt-hours of renwable energy by…
Royal Decree 1597/2011,regulating the sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids, the National Verification of Sustainability and the double value of some biofuels for purposes of computation.
Royal Decree 1597/2011 transposed sustainability criteria to national regulation, defined Spain’s National Scheme for verification of compliance and transposed those provisions in the Directive related to double counting for some biofuels. The Royal Decree 1597/2011 is based on…
Order IET/1491/2013 revising access tolls to power networks and certain tariffs and feed-in tariffs for installations under special regime
Revision and update of tariffs for installations including CHP plants using NG, LPG, diesel oil and fuel oil, (varying from 13,5406 to 21,1279 cEUR/kWh depending on the fuel and power of the plant), or plant using wastes different from SUW (8,8612 cEUR/kWh). For the mentioned…
Order IET/1045/2014 of 16 June, approving the remuneration parameters for standard facilities, applicable to certain electricity production facilities based on renewable energy, cogeneration and waste.
Ministerial Order IET/1045/2014 , of the 16th of June, approving remuneration parameters for type installations applicable to certain installations for the production of electric energy from renewable energy resources, cogeneration and waste. Order IET/1045/2014, considering the…
Biofuels Law (Ley 42 que establece lineamientos para la politica nacional sobre biocombustibles y energia electrica a partir de biomasa en el territorio nacional)
The 2011 Biofuels Law (Law 42 of 2011) regulated by Decree 345 of 2013, defined national policy guidelines for biofuels. It established a blending mandate for 10% bioethanol by 2016, that gradually would increase from 2% in 2013, to 5% in 2014, and 7% in 2015. It also allows the…
New regulatory framework for administrative procedures for renewable energy facilities
Starting in May 2009, future renewable energy power projects must be pre-registered before they can eligible to receive feed-in tariffs. The provision does not apply to solar photovoltaic facilities. In order to be registered, a planned facility must meet all regulatory and…
Offshore wind power regulations
Royal Decree 1028/2007, establishes the administrative procedures for processing permit applications for electricity generation facilities in Spains territorial waters. For offshore wind farms, this rule requires a minimum installed capacity of over 50 MW and establishes a…
Royal Decree Law 1/2012 on revocation of public financial support for new electricity plants from renewable energy sources, waste or CHP
The remuneration pre-assignment registry processes will be temporarily cancelled. The financial support for new installations that produce electricity from renewable energy sources or waste, or for new CHP installations, will also be temporarily abolished. The actual installed…
Royal Decree Law 2/2013 on urgent measures in the electricity system
Measures to correct the gaps between the costs of the electricity system and the revenues obtained from the regulated prices, providing stability to the electricity system and reducing the tariff deficit. These include the replacement of the inflation adjustment index for the…
Royal Decree Law 9/2013 on urgent measures to guarantee financial stability in the electricity system
During 2013 and 2014 the electricity sector underwent a major legislative reform, with the aim of establishing a regulatory framework to guarantee financial stability in the electricity system, removing deficit in the electricity sector once and for all, preventing future…
Renewable Energy Incentives Law 45 (Ley Que Establece Un Regimen De Incentivos Para El Fomento De Sistemas De Generacion Hidroelectrica Y De Otras Fuentes Nuevas, Renovables Y Limpias, Y Dicta Otras Disposiciones)
The purpose of the law is to establish incentives to promote hydroelectric generation systems and other non conventional renewable energies. The law provides incentives for renewables, with specific laws to promote electricity from biomass (Law 42 of 2011), wind power (Law 44 of…
Double Counting Implementation for Biofuels in transport
The list of biofuels eligible for double counting has been approved by the Ministry but further regulation needed for the double counting implementation is under development by the National Markets and Competition
General Electricity Framework Law 6 (“Por la cual se dicta el Marco Regulatorio e Institucional para la Prestación del Servicio Público de Electricidad” )
The legal framework for the electric system in Panama is provided by Law 6 of 1997, and regulated by Decree 22 of 1998. The Law 6 of 1997, established auctions as the procurement method for distribution companies and established a 5% price score premium on renewable energy…
Interconnection of Renewable Energy Systems Agreement- Net metering Resolution 5399
In June 2012, Resolution 5399 established net metering for all renewable energy systems up to 500kW and derogated previous net metering provisions (resolutions 2060 and 3028). The new net metering procedures provided for monthly carryover of positive energy balances and that…
Regulation of the allocation of biodiesel production volumes for computing compliance with mandatory biofuel targets (Order IET/2736/2012, amending Order IET/822/2012)
The allocation of biodiesel production volumes regulation establishes a participation process among qualified biodiesel plants so as to allocate for a two year period biodiesel production quotas that will be eligible to count towards the biofuel mandatory targets that fuel…
Correction of the tariff deficit in the electricity sector (Royal Decree-Law 14/2010)
The Royal Decree-Law 14/2010 seeks to reduce the tariff deficit currently burdening the electricity sector. To do so, emergency measures ranging form 2011 to 2013 have been taken by the Cabinet of Ministers. The main measures are: - As of January 1st 2011, electricity generators…
Promotion of biofuels and other renewable fuels (ORDER ITC/2877/2008)
Wholesale and retail operators of fuels, as well as consumers of fuels not supplied by wholesale or retail operators, are obliged to sell / consume a minimal quota of biofuels. The minimal amount is set at a general level (all biofuels) and at a specific level (minimal amount of…
Renewable Energy Auctions
Energy auctions and renewable energy-specific auctions are a major policy instrument for the promotion of renewable energy in Panama. Law 6 of 1997 established auctions as the procurement method for distribution companies. It also established a 5% price score premium on…
Regulation of small power plants connexion to the electricity grid (Royal Decree 1699/2011)
The Regulation for the Connexion of small power plants to the electricity grid determines the administrative, contractual, economic and technical conditions for the connexion to the distribution electricity grid for small renewable energy, energy from waste and CHP…
Regulation on load management activity within the electricity system involving energy charging services (Royal Decree 647/2011)
Two important demand management measures stand out within this Royal Decree: - Development of a load management body: The Decree introduces a mechanism enabling the implementation of new energy demand measures addressed to electric vehicle charging. This body will allow for…
Regulation of Guarantees of Origin (GOs) of electricity produced from RES and high efficiency CHP generation plants.
Ministerial Order ITC/2914/2011: This Ministerial Order modifies the former Ministerial Order ITC/1522/2007, of 24th May, that establishes the regulation for Guarantees of Origin (GOs) of electricity produced from renewable energy sources and high efficiency combined heat and…
Royal Decree Law 13/2012
It authorises the Spanish Government to set in motion the optional cooperation mechanisms between Member States provided for in Directive 2009/28/EC, of 23rd April 2009, on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. Among those cooperation mechanisms, are…
National energy Policy (Politica Energetica Nacional)
The National Energy Policy, approved by Decree 13 of 2004, establishes the policy framework to promote the preparation and promulgation of laws that establish incentives to allow the rational and efficient development and exploitation of renewable sources. The law also set the…
Indicative Energy Plan 2011-2020
The Sustainable Economy Act requires the Government to produce an energy planning document, which has been passed on 11th November 2011 by the Cabinet of Ministers. It includes, among other aspects, forecasts on the behaviour of future energy demand and the necessary resources…
Indonesia geothermal auctions 2016
Indonesia has excellent geothermal resource availability – estimated 29 GW of which only around 4.5% was exploited as of 2015. In order to increase country’s renewable energy share in the energy mix and exploit its geothermal potential, the Ministry for Energy and Mineral…
National Energy Plan for 2010-2040 (Politica Energetica Nacional del Peru 2010-2040)
The Plan establishes the national legal framework, with emphasis on the promotion and protection of private investment, minimizing social and environmental impacts and encouraging energy markets, as well as promoting energy efficiency and development of renewable energies at…
Organic Law on Geothermal Resources (Ley Organica de Recursos Geotermicos)
The Organic Law on Geothermal Resources (Law No. 26848) and its regulations were promulgated to promote the development of geothermal resources. In April 2010, a Regulation to the Law 26848 was approved with the objective of introducing private investment in developing…
Law to ensure the efficient development of electricity generation (Ley para asegurar el desarrollo eficiente de la generacion electrica)
Law No. 28832 of 2006 constitutes the basic legal framework for Peru’s energy sector. In response to rapid demand growth, the Law aims to “ensure the efficient development of electricity generation” and to this end it mandated the use of auctions by distribution companies for…
National Photovoltaic Household Electrification Program (Programa Nacional de Electrificación Fotovoltaica Domiciliaria)
In 2013 Peru launched the National Photovoltaic Household Electrification Program, with the aim of providing electricity to 2 million people and 500000 household with solar PV, reaching 95% energy access by 2016. However, no further announcements have been made regarding the…
Legislative Decree 1002 on investment promotion for generation of electricity using renewable energy of Peru
Law 1002 of 2008 identifies the development of electricity from renewable enrgy sources as a public necessity of national interest , and designates the Ministry of Mines and Energy to be responsible for the design of the national renewable energy policy. In so doing, the…
Law that extends the scope of the regime of early recovery of the general tax on sales to hydroelectric generation companies (Ley que amplia los alcances del regimen de recuperacion anticipada del impuesto general a las ventas a las empresas de generacion
Law 28876 of 2006, regulated by Decree 037 of 2007, allowed renewable energy producers to benefit from early VAT refunds provided by Decree 818 of 1996 and Decree 793 of 2007. The benefit is available for hydropower and other renewable energy generating companies who have…
Law 1665-Statute of the International Renewable Energies Agency (IRENA) (Estatuto de la Agencia Internacional de Energias Renovables)
In 2013, Colombia promulgated law 1665 to sign the International Renewable Energy Agency statute. The Statue aimes to promote the use of unconventional energies and energy efficiency, coherent with the national energy policy that is framed within the stipulated by law 697,…
General Environmental Law (Ley General Ambiental) - Law 99
The law 99 of 1993 establishes the creation of the Ministry of Environment of Colombia. The Ministry has the objective to promote the substitution of non-renewable natural resources for the development of non-polluting and non-degrading energy generation technologies. The law…
Belize Renewable Energy Auctions
In 2013, Belize issued an auction (RFPEG Belize 2013) with the purpose of securing supply to the national electricity system until 2028. The auction included 60MW of firm capacity open to all technologies and 15MW of solar and/or wind generation capacity. The auction had two…
Sustainable Urban Planning (Law 1083 of 2006)
Law 1083 of 2006 mandates that after 2010, all public transport vehicles in metropolitan, disctrict and local-level areas must run on clean
Belize National Sustainable Energy Strategy 2012-2033
The National Sustainable Energy Strategy 2012-2033 set the 2033 goals of becoming a net electricity and biofuels exporter, increasing GDP energy intensity by 30%, tripling energy recovery from waste streams, and reducing fossil fuel imports by 50%. In addition, it restates…
Incentives Law for Renewable Energy Generation (Ley de Incentivos con fuentes renovables)
The Decree 85 of 1998, regulated by Decree 267-98, provides the legal framework for renewable energy deployment. The law: Sets renewable energy development projects as a priority over conventional sources in public procurement of electricity when all other conditions are equal.…
Renewable Energy Auctions
The General Law of Electricity stated that utilities must procure their electricity supply contracts through auctions. Consequently, several auctions have been conducted in recent years. Generally, all technologies are allowed to participate in auctions . However, in certain…