KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 (Bernama) -- The Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry (KeTTHA) will announce the quotas for its Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) programme on May 2, 2014.
Its minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili said the quota release for 2014 would also include Sabah and Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan for the first time in the FiT mechanism.
"The total FiT quota allocated for commercial operation by year-end will be 65 megawatts and this covers the renewable energy sources of biogas, biomass, biomass (solid waste), small hydro, solar photovoltaics (PV) for individuals, solar PV for non-individuals, and a new category for solar PV for communities," he said in a statement today.
The statement said in addition to including Sabah and Labuan, the ministry has also revised five of the subsidiary legislations, including those concerned with the Displaced Cost (DC) as well as the Technical and Operational Requirements (T&O) rules.
The DC has been revised upwards, to reflect the increase in the cost of supply of electricity in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Labuan, allowing more quotas to be released from the expected amount of the Renewable Energy Fund to be collected.
The amendment to the T&O subsidiary legislations includes changes to some of the definitions in the subsidiary legislations in order to standardise them with the definitions used under the Electricity Supply Act 1990 and its associated regulations.
The amendment will also result in a reduction in transaction cost incurred by renewable energy developers.
Further refinements have been made to the FiT quota application process for large-scale solar PV exceeding 425 kilowatts.
Applications for this category must be submitted manually to the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia.
The FiT is a policy mechanism administered and managed by SEDA Malaysia as provided for under the Renewable Energy Act (Act 725).
-- BERNAMA http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/bu/newsbusiness.php?id=1027254
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