The Government Office issued Notification No. 387/TB-VPCP dated August 16, conveying Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha’s conclusions on the development and issuance of a decree regulating the mechanism and policies to encourage the development of rooftop solar power for self-consumption.
To ensure the quality of this decree and reduce the pressure on state investment in power development, the Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Industry and Trade to refine the concept of “self-consumption” for rooftop solar power, including the addition of a clause on the sale of excess electricity.
The Deputy Prime Minister called for a study to increase the capacity of rooftop solar power.
For households, residential areas, and public offices, the Deputy Prime Minister directed the formulation of appropriate policies in line with the spirit of encouraging the use of rooftop solar power for self-consumption. In cases where the installed capacity of rooftop solar power for self-consumption exceeds 100 kW and is less than 1 MW, and there is a choice to connect and sell excess electricity to the national grid, registration with the local power company for remote control system connection is mandatory.
For organizations and individuals with an installed capacity of 1 MW or more, who choose to connect and register to sell excess electricity to the national grid, business registration must be completed as per legal regulations.
For those investing in rooftop solar power with an energy storage system installed, they may purchase 100% of the excess electricity and consider allowing the purchase of electricity at the price of each respective time.
The Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Vietnam Electricity Group to study and propose increasing the capacity of rooftop solar power. According to EVN’s report, the North currently mobilizes only about 2.5%, while the safe mobilization capacity of the transmission system is up to 25%-30%.
Therefore, the Deputy Prime Minister suggested an immediate adjustment to the capacity scale for the North, which could reach up to 7,000 MW, and a recalculation of the mobilization capacity for Ho Chi Minh City, to be submitted to the Prime Minister in September 2024.
For excess electricity sold to the grid, which should not exceed 20% of the total capacity, it is based on technical and technological responsiveness, the responsiveness of the power transmission grid, and the needs of developing various types of power sources participating in direct electricity trading. Timely reports should be submitted to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision-making regarding adjustments to the power planning in accordance with the Law on Planning.
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