Installations (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

L.N. 169 of 2020

PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT ACT

(CAP. 601)

REGULATOR FOR ENERGY AND WATER SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 545)

Competitive Bidding Rules for Renewable Sources of Energy

Installations (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 4 of the Public

Finance Management Act, and in exercise of the powers conferred by

article 37 of the Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act, the

Minister for Finance and Financial Services and the Minister for

Energy and Water Management after consultation with the Regulator

for Energy and Water Services, has made the following regulations: -

(1) The title of these regulations is the Competitive Citation and

Bidding Rules for Renewable Sources of Energy Installations commencement.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2020, and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Competitive Bidding Rules for

Renewable Sources of Energy Installations Regulations, hereinafter S.L. 545.31.

referred to as "the principal regulations".

These regulations shall come into force on the 1 st January

(2)

2020.

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 2 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) immediately after the definition "distribution system

operator" there shall be added the following new definition

" "electricity from renewable energy sources” means

electricity produced by plants using only renewable energy

sources, as well as the share in terms of calorific value of

energy produced from renewable energy sources in hybrid

plants which also use conventional energy sources. It

includes renewable electricity used for filling storage

systems, but excludes electricity produced as a result of

storage systems;"; and

(b) (i) in the Maltese version thereof, the definition "l-

Att" shall be deleted;

(ii) immediately after the definition "premium",

there shall be added the following new definition

" "prezz ta’ offerta għal kull kWh" tfisser il-

proċess ta’ offerti kompetittiv;".

Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 3 of the principal

regulations shall be amended as follows

(a) the words "The method and amount of support for

solar photovoltaic installations with a kWp capacity lower than

1000kWp shall continue to be determined administratively."

shall be deleted; and

(b) the words "the 1000 kWp threshold" shall be

substituted by the words "the capacity of a renewable energy

installation".

In regulation 4 of the principal regulations, the proviso

thereof shall be substituted by the following new proviso

"Provided that the payment of any price per kWh to

an undertaking that has benefited from earlier unlawful aid

granted by Malta and declared incompatible by a Decision of the

European Commission shall be suspended until such time as that

undertaking has reimbursed the total amount of unlawful and

incompatible aid and the corresponding recovery interest.".

In sub-regulation (3) of regulation 7 of the principal

regulations, the word "extensions" shall be substituted by the word

"extension".

In regulation 17 of the principal regulations, the words "as

a minimum on a yearly basis" shall be substituted by the words "as

determined by the Minister".

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