Excess rooftop solar power is sold to the national grid

The Government has just issued Decree No. 135/2024/ND-CP dated October 22, 2024 stipulating mechanisms and policies to encourage the development of self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power.

This Decree stipulates the mechanism and policies to encourage the development of self-produced and self-consumed solar power installed on the roofs of construction works including houses, offices, industrial parks, industrial clusters, export processing zones, high-tech zones, economic zones, production establishments, and business establishments invested and constructed in accordance with the provisions of law.

Accordingly, the excess electricity generated by rooftop solar power systems will be sold to the national grid, up to 20% of the actual installed capacity. Projects installed on the roofs of offices and public properties will not be allowed to buy or sell excess electricity.

Rooftop solar power projects that are not connected to the national grid are developed without capacity limits and are exempt from electricity operating licenses. Similarly, systems with anti-backflow devices or installed in households and individual houses under 100 kW are also exempted from this.

On the contrary, systems with a capacity of 1,000 kW or more and selling surplus electricity to the national grid must carry out planning procedures and have an electricity operation license.

Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) is the buyer and pays organizations and individuals who sell excess electricity to the system. The purchase price is the average market electricity price of the previous year, announced by the system operator and the electricity market.

According to the decree, rooftop solar power projects that produce and consume solar power themselves also enjoy tax incentives and simplified administrative procedures...

Households and individual houses developing rooftop solar power for self-production and self-consumption are exempted from or do not have to adjust their business licenses.

In addition, the decree encourages organizations and individuals to install battery storage systems (BESS) to ensure safe and stable operation of the power system.

However, the incentive mechanism will not apply to cases where rooftop solar power is not connected to the national grid for sale to other organizations or individuals. This purchase and sale will follow the decree on the direct electricity purchase and sale mechanism between renewable energy generators and large electricity users.

TB (summary)

Source: https://baohaiduong.vn/dien-mat-troi-mai-nha-du-thua-duoc-ban-len-he-thong-dien-quoc-gia-396308.html