The ERC tapped 175 names through the Green Power Project, totaling 4,852.26 megawatts.

The board of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has decided on the green electricity purchase project, only 175 cases passed, amounting to 4,852.26 megawatts, lower than the target of 5,203 megawatts by solar farm fuel. With the highest sales volume of 2,368 megawatts, while biogas fuels do not have anyone passed this time. As for industrial waste, passed 13 cases totaling 100 megawatts, reaching the goal | Image source: Energy News Center

Energy News Center Reported in early April 2023 that Mr. Komkrit Tantravanich The Secretary-General of the Office of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) revealed that the meeting of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on April 5, 2023 has considered and announced the list of participants. “Electricity procurement project from renewable energy in the form of Feed-in Tariff (FiT) 2022 – 2030 for the group without fuel costs 2022” or green power projects, totaling 175 companies with a total power generation capacity of 4,852.26 megawatts from the A total of 386 candidates were eligible for consideration.

There are 22 types of wind power, a total of 1,490.20 megawatts, ground-mounted solar power combined with the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), there are only 24 small power producers (SPPs) in total. 994.06 megawatts, ground-mounted solar power (Solar farms) of 129, totaling 2,368 megawatts. Biogas (wastewater/waste) has not been considered.

For the project to procure electricity from renewable energy in the form of Feed-in Tariff (FiT) from 2022 – 2030 for industrial waste, 2022, there are 13 people who have been selected, with a total sales volume of 100 megawatts from a total of 18 considerations. income

“The Electricity Authority will send a letter to the selected power generation applicants to acknowledge and accept the conditions for signing the power purchase agreement by April 19, 2023. The OERC will announce List of selected applicants for electricity production For the group there is no fuel cost. and industrial waste via the ERC website www.erc.or.th by April 5, 2023, ”said Komkrit.

This green electricity purchase project The purchase of electricity was 4,852.26 megawatts, which was lower than the target set at 5,203 megawatts, which was about 351 megawatts short of the purchase of electricity from industrial waste. Still on target at 100 megawatts, however, in the past The ERC expects to immediately start accepting green power purchase round 2, amounting to 3,668.5 megawatts of electricity, if there is no problem. in the first round of purchase

As for the pricing of green electricity. Now, public hearings on “(Draft) Rules for Determining Green Electricity Tariff (Utility Green Tariff or UGT)” have been completed. The next step must be presented to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for consideration. The ERC will consider the rate proposed by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), which will The right price and the real cost must be considered. That has included the renewable energy certificate (REC) and will be presented to the National Energy Policy Council (NEPC) for further acknowledgment.

It is expected that the price of green electricity will be concluded in the middle of 2023 and will be announced within the third quarter or within a month. July-September 2023, which the ERC has to speed up because it wants to attract foreign investment. Most of those who want to use green electricity will want new power plants and have long-term contracts to purchase green power.

As for the green electricity tariff criteria The ERC will adhere to the criteria already proposed to the NEPC, which can be divided into 2 forms: 1. the type that power consumers do not want to specify the source of electricity (UGT1) and 2. the type that power consumers want. Specify the source of electricity (UGT2)

The first model, UGT1 (no specific source), is a service related to renewable energy production certificates (REC) of existing power plants owned by the state to provide services in conjunction with electric power services. And it is a service in a manner that electricity consumers do not have to specify the source of electricity and REC when requesting service. Therefore, it is an additional service charge (Premium) in addition to the electricity rate according to the normal electricity bill. Electricity users can apply for the service in an amount lower than 1 REC (1 REC = 1,000 units) and have a short service period (0-1 year).

The second format, UGT2 (Specific Source), is open to power consumers who consume a lot of electricity and want to drive an increase in the proportion of renewable energy in the electrical system to take on the burden of developing new renewable energy plants. with long service contracts (10-25 years) and a new design of electricity tariff structure Since electric power with REC is purchased from a long-term, selective power source. to replace the original electric power and provide additional related services

It is expected that investors want the UGT2 electricity tariff, which is the construction of new renewable energy power plants. and has a long-term power purchase agreement Because it can confirm clean electricity and meet international standards better. According to the schedule of green electricity tariffs that will be announced by the third quarter of this year, but it is expected that green electricity will actually start in 2024 because the newly built renewable energy power plants will Commercially available electricity (COD) from 2024 onwards

List of all 175 candidates who passed the review