Buy excess solar power on the grid for 0 VND to prevent… profiteering?

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien stated the above opinion at a workshop to collect opinions on the draft decree on direct electricity trading between renewable energy generators and large electricity users (DPPA mechanism) and Draft decree on mechanism to encourage the development of self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power… afternoon of May 24.

Minister Nguyen Hong Dien emphasized that the DPPA mechanism in case of using the national grid system, the customer’s output will be paid in two components. In which, the customer’s consumption output met by the renewable energy generation unit will be paid according to the market mechanism, the remaining electricity consumption output will be paid according to current regulations.

The commander of the industry and trade sector affirmed that the two policies on DPPA and encouraging the development of self-consumed rooftop solar power are completely consistent and not contradictory. It should be noted that if the phrase “self-produced and consumed” is removed, it will completely change the nature and not comply with the provisions of law and the planning and electricity development plan recently approved by competent authorities.

In particular, the Minister requested media agencies to convey messages about the essence of the concept of “self-consumed rooftop sun” so that society can understand, share and comply with the provisions of the law; develop harmonious power sources according to approved power plans in each period; does not put additional pressure on the transmission and distribution system, contributing to reducing stress in the electricity supply.

Therefore, in the current period, in the context of the conditions of the transmission and distribution system, balancing the source structure, measures to prevent reverse generation and solutions to buy at 0 VND (in case of generation to the grid national) is appropriate. If it is allowed to generate electricity on the grid and then sell electricity like DPPA, it will not prevent the phenomenon of policy profiteering. “Mechanisms to encourage self-produced rooftop solar power are a breakthrough in efforts to remove legal barriers for power source development in the context of a number of specialized legal regulations that have not kept up. practice. Having enjoyed the preferential mechanism, selling electricity will cause disruption of electricity planning and loss of safety…”, the Minister emphasized.

Also at the conference, representatives of a number of domestic and foreign investors wanted to calculate the electricity purchase price so that self-consumed rooftop solar power investors could sell excess electricity to EVN…