Friday, February 26, 2016

Costa Rica rejects proposal to introduce grid fee for net-metering customers

ARESEP SHOWS SOME PUSH-BACK TO ICE AND THE COOPERATIVOS

Costa Rica rejects proposal to introduce grid fee for net-metering customers


26.02.2016: Costa Rica's utility regulator Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) has rejected a proposal made by the country’s power distributors to introduce a grid fee for net-metering customers. According to local newspaper Republica, ARESEP has also said that net-metering clients that will eventually buy power from the grid will pay a lower rate and that this price will be announced in mid-March. Owners of PV systems installed under the scheme can sell their electricity surplus to Costa Rican utilities Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) and Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL). In August, Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications (MINAE) introduced a reform to make it easier to install a PV system under the program. Under the new legislation, homeowners and enterprises interested in installing a PV system under the scheme don’t have to require an authorization to ARESEP. According to Costa Rica’s government, the new scheme will support the development of residential and commercial PV segments. Costa Rica introduced a net-metering scheme for PV in April 2015. © PHOTON

aresep.go.cr

www.larepublica.net/app/cms/www/index.php?pk_articulo=533338946

 

 

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ArcStar Energy

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