Law No. 108 of 2011 on Special Measures Concerning the Procurement of Renewable Energy by Operators of Electric Utilities

Country / jurisdiction: Japan · Year: 2011 · Status: In force · Level: National · Type: Voluntary

The Act on Special Measures Concerning Procurement of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources by Electricity Utilities (“Act on Renewable Energy Special Measures”) was published in 2011 and partially revised in 2020.

These revisions aim at:

(1) Establishing a Feed-in-Premium (FIP) scheme in addition to the existing FIT scheme, a new scheme in which renewable energy generators are able to receive a certain level of premium based on the market price.

(2) Establishing a system in which part of the expenditures for fortifying electricity grids necessary for expanding the introduction of renewable energy into businesses, e.g., regional interconnection lines, which regional electricity transmission/distribution businesses bear under the current Act, is to be supported based on the surcharge system across Japan.

(3) Imposing obligations on renewable energy generators to establish an external reserve fund for the expenditures for discarding their facilities for generating renewable energy as a measure for addressing concerns over inappropriate discarding of PV facilities.

Official source: https://www.enecho.meti.go.jp/category/saving_and_new/saiene/kaitori/FIP_r5.html