ARTICLE · 07 AUGUST 2017

Renewable Alert Letter 31: Overloading Regulations

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On July 6, 2017, METI and the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy released proposals for revision of laws and ordinances related to long-speculated restrictions on overloading.

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Yoichi Katayama

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Overloading Regulations

On July 6, 2017, METI and the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy released proposals for revision of laws and ordinances related to long-speculated restrictions on overloading (kasekisai).

The proposed revisions are quite harsh in that if a solar power project that has obtained government approval under the FIT scheme were to subsequently add panels to increase total solar cell output above a certain level, the applicable FIT price would be the current price in effect at the time of such increase for the entire generation output as opposed to the increased portion alone.

Outline of such proposed revisions are as follows:

Summary:

Changes to total solar cell output will now need to be submitted for amendment approval (henkou nintei)

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