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VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA
B 825
MALTA RESOURCES AUTHORITY ACT (CAP. 423)Feed-in Tariffs (Electricity Generated from Solar PhotovoltaicInstallations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011IN exercise of the powers conferred by sub-article (1) of article 28 of the Malta Resources Authority Act, the Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs, after consultation with the Malta Resources Authority has made the following regulations:
1. The title of these regulations is the Feed-in Tariffs (Electricity Generated from Solar Photovoltaic Installations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011, and they shall be read and construed as one with the Feed-in Tariffs (Electricity Generated f r o m S o l a r P h o t o v o l t a i c I n s t a l l a t i o n s ) R e g u l a t i o n s , 2 0 1 0 , hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.2. In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, in the definition “submission date”, for the words “as the case may be, is received by the Authority” there shall be substituted the words “as the case may be, is received by the Authority together with the request to participate in the FIT scheme”.3. In the proviso to regulation 3 of the principal regulations, the words “may benefit from more than 50% grant on the initial capital investment, or” shall be deleted.4. In regulation 4 of the principal regulations, immediately after sub-regulation (7) thereof, there shall be added the following sub-regulations:“(8) Subject to the satisfaction of the eligibility criteria established in the First Schedule to these regulations, in the case where an installation operator increases the generation c a p a c i t y o f a s o l a r p h o t o v o l t a i c i n s t a l l a t i o n w h i c h i s connected to the distribution system, the feed-in tariff to be paid by Enemalta shall be that which is applicable during the year when such increased capacity is notified to or authorised by the Authority, and which feed-in tariff shall be payable in respect of the whole solar photovoltaic installation as increased in capacity.
Title.
L.N. 422 of 2010
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Amends regulation
2 of the principal regulations.
Amends regulation
3 of the principal regulations.
Amends regulation
4 of the principal regulations.
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(9) Where the installation operator has benefited from a grant on any part of the solar photovoltaic installation, the whole solar
photovoltaic installation shall be deemed as benefitting from the grant for the purpose of determining the feed-in tariff applicable
for the whole solar photovoltaic installation.
( 1 0 ) T h e e l e c t r i c i t y g e n e r a t e d f r o m d i f f e r e n t installations within the same premises shall
be separately metered when those installations generate such electricity from different renewable energy sources.
(11) For the purposes of these regulations, the owner of the installations generating electricity from renewable energy sources
in the same premises may opt either to export all the electricity generated at the applicable feed in tariff as the case may be for
each type of renewable energy source as separately metered, or to generate electricity primarily for own use and to export the surplus
at the lowest of the applicable feed-in tariffs payable for the electricity generated and exported to the distribution system from
renewable energy sources.”.
Amends regulation
5 of the principal regulations.
Amends regulation
6 of the principal regulations.
5. Sub-regulation (4) of regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be amended as follows:(a) immediately after the word “replaces” there shall be inserted the words “or increases the capacity”;
(b) the words “the feed-in tariff.” shall be substituted by the words “the feed-in tariff:” and immediately after there
shall be added the following proviso:
“Provided that the same terms and conditions applicable for that period of guaranteed payment of the feed-in tariff shall subsist.”.
“Provided further that in the case where the installation operator benefits or has benefited from a grant of more than
50% of the initial capital investment with regard to the solar
photovoltaic installation, the feed-in tariff that shall be paid by Enemalta shall decrease by €0.002 per kWh for every
1% exceeding the aforementioned 50% of the initial capital investment received as part of the grant:
Provided also that the feed in tariff shall not be less than the marginal cost per unit incurred by Enemalta as established in the
Fourth Schedule to these regulations.”.
B 827
Amends the First Schedule to the principal regulations.
Amends the Second Schedule to the principal regulations.
Substitutes the Third Schedule to the principal regulations.
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“THIRD SCHEDULERegulation 7
Total maximum electricity generated by solar photovoltaic installations and exported to the distribution system eligible to benefit from the feed- in tariff
Year | Total maximum electricity generated by solar photovoltaic installations and exported to the distribution system eligible to benefit from the FIT scheme |
2010 | 12,000,000kWh |
2011 | 24,000,000 kWh plus any unallocated units remaining from 2010 |
“
10. In the Fourth Schedule to the principal regulations, for the words “year
Amends the Fourth
Schedule to the
10. In the Fourth Schedule to the principal regulations, for2p0ri1nc0ip”altrhegeurlaetiosnsh. allthbeewsourbdssti“tuyteeadr 2th0e10w”otrhdesre“ysehaalrl 2b0e1s1u”b.stituted the words “year
2011”.
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