Guangdong Province’s Development and Reform Commission and Energy Bureau issued a notice on October 15 clarifying pricing policies for renewable energy close-proximity consumption. Following the principle that “beneficiaries bear costs,” close-proximity consumption projects must fairly bear transmission and distribution fees and system operation fees for stable supply services provided by the power system. Projects not connected to the public grid are exempt from stable supply guarantee fees.
Renewable energy close-proximity consumption projects refer to power sources (wind, solar, biomass), loads, and energy storage connected as a whole to the public grid, with renewable energy as the primary power source. Current modes mainly include green electricity direct connection, source-grid-load-storage integration, and zero-carbon industrial parks. Projects must connect on the user side at the property boundary between user and public grid, with self-consumed renewable energy accounting for no less than 60% of total available generation and 30% of total consumption. From 2030, new projects must meet a 35% threshold.
Close-proximity projects pay transmission fees based on capacity (or demand) and are no longer required to pay system backup fees or transmission/distribution electricity fees for down-grid power. Projects using the public grid are treated as commercial and industrial users, paying system operation fees, grid losses, and government levies based on down-grid electricity consumption.
Close-proximity projects participate in the power market as a unified whole. Project electricity sales and price settlement follow power market rules. Projects must directly participate in market trading and cannot be served by grid agency procurement.
Source: China Energy News Network URL: https://www.cpnn.com.cn/news/dfny/202610/t20261019_1920969.html
Source:China Energy News Network