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 which have been invested in and built in accordance with the provisions of law.

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The direct purchase and sale of electricity between organisations and individuals is carried out in accordance with the decree on the mechanism for direct purchase and sale of electricity between renewable energy power generation units and large electricity users.

Thus, the decree has an expanded scope of application for all subjects such as houses, offices, industrial parks, industrial clusters, export processing zones, high-tech zones, economic zones, production establishments, and business establishments which have been invested in and built nationwide.

One of the notable contents of Decree No.135/2024/ND-CP is the policy to encourage the development of self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power. Specifically, the decree stipulates 9 incentive policies:

Organisations and individuals installing self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power are exempted from electricity operation licenses and have no limit on installed capacity in the following cases: not connected to the national power system; installing an anti-backflow device system into the national power system; households and individual houses developing self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power with a capacity of less than 100kW.

Organisations and individuals installing self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power with an installed capacity of 1,000kW or more and selling surplus electricity to the national power system are to carry out procedures on power planning and request a power operation license according to the provisions of law.

Self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power will enjoy preferential tax policies according to the provisions of current tax law.

Self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power has simplified administrative procedures according to the provisions of current specialised laws.

Construction works with self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power installed do not have to adjust or supplement energy land and functions according to the provisions of law.

Self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power of households, individual houses, offices and workspaces are identified as public assets and as technological equipment attached to construction works.

Self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power connected to the national power system within the capacity scale according to the planning and the plan for implementing the planning and self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power connected to the national power system of households and individual houses with a capacity of less than 100kW, if not fully used, can be sold to the national power system but not exceeding 20% of the actual installed capacity as follows:

Vietnam Electricity Group shall pay organisations and individuals for the surplus electricity output generated to the national power system but not exceeding 20% of the actual installed capacity.

Attractive incentives needed in developing rooftop solar power

BAC GIANG - Bac Giang has dozens of industrial parks and clusters in operation with high demand for electricity. Although the total roof area across the province is large along with the potential to develop self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power, the number of customers using this type of power is still modest due to many reasons.

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