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Country / jurisdiction: Japan · Year: 2012 · Status: In force · Level: National · Type: Voluntary
Feed-in-Tariff scheme started from July 2012, replacing RPS and revising existing purchasing scheme for PV electricity. Electric power companies are obliged to purchase electricity generated from renewable energy sources on a fixed-period contract at a fixed price. Cost for purchasing is paid by electricity users in the form of a nationwide equal surcharge. And electric power companies pay a part of the cost (the equal amount to the generation cost that they could avoid to pay by purchasing renewable electricity from the producers). Purchase price is re-examined and published in each year.
Detailed information on the purchase price is available in below section "Amendment".
Official source: http://www.enecho.meti.go.jp/category/saving_and_new/saiene/kaitori/index.html
Source
https://www.iea.org/policies/5173Canonical document at the regulator. Always cite this URL — not the Vantage detail page — in compliance evidence.