Photovoltaic Installations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019

L.N. 2 of 2019

REGULATOR FOR ENERGY AND WATER SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 545)

Feed-in Tariffs Scheme (Electricity Generated from Solar

Photovoltaic Installations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 37(1) of the

Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act, the Minister for Energy

and Water Management, after consultation with the Regulator for

Energy and Water Services, in agreement with the Minister for

Finance, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Feed-in Tariffs Scheme Citation.

(Electricity Generated from Solar Photovoltaic Installations)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2019 and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Feed-in Tariffs Scheme (Electricity S.L. 545.27.

Generated from Solar Photovoltaic Installations) Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

The Second Schedule to the principal regulations, shall be Amends the

Second Schedule

amended as follows

to the principal

regulations.

(a)

in item 1 thereof;

(i) Table A shall be substituted by the following

new Table

''

Table A: Caps and Feed in Tariffs applicable for solar photo-

voltaic installations approved under the FIT scheme

Capacity of

Feed-in Tariffs

Maximum units

scheme solar photo-

applicable

allocated per

voltaic instal- between the 2nd annum for FIT

lation installed January 2019 and payment to PV

in any location 30th December

systems

2019 in case of (a) approved under

and between the this FIT scheme

2nd January 2019 between the 2nd

and 30th Decem- January 2019

ber 2019 in case of and 30th Decem-

(b)

ber 2019 in case

of (a) and

between the 2nd

January 2019

and 30th Decem-

ber 2019 in case

of (b)

(a)

=>1kWp and

5 cents per kWh 12.8 GWh per

<40kWp

annum (8MWp)

(b)

=>40kWp and

14.0c per kWh

0 GWh per

<1MWp

annum

(25MWp)*

*Valid applications for a feed-in tariff received by the

30th November 2018 and accepted by the Regulator over

and above the available capacity until the 31st December

2018, shall be allocated support under this scheme but at

the feed in tariff rates applicable on the 30th November

2018.''; and

(ii) the words ''Applications received under

previous schemes are not eligible under the FIT scheme in

Table A. Such applications have to be re-submitted to the

Regulator for approval, if applicable.'' shall be deleted;

(b) paragraph (a) of item 4 thereof, shall be substituted

by the following

''(a) approved for the FIT scheme from the 2nd

January 2019 and the 30th December 2019; and''.

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