DoE help for constant FiT prices sought

A GROUP of biomass electricity plant developers is soliciting help from the Department of Energy (DoE) not to in addition decrease fees below feed-in tariff (FiT), a scheme that offers incentives to renewable electricity (RE) builders within the Philippines.

In a letter dated Dec. Sixteen, 2019, Biomass Renewable Energy Alliance Inc. (BREA) President Don Mario Dia asked the National Renewable Energy Board’s (NREB) help to make certain “constant tariff” or “guaranteed fixed charge” beneath the FiT application.

NREB is the bureau guiding the Energy branch at the implementation of RE initiatives inside the Philippines.

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But in a press chat, Dia said the ERC is planning to further degress FiT rates aside from what became mandated via the law.

Currently, the ERC is reviewing the changes, both for the existing costs and FiT allocation. “[T]hiya’re re-deciphering the guidelines,” he informed reporters.

“When we had a discussion board at the ERC, the assessment that they’re seeking to do is bringing down the charges whilst in fact dapat pataas siya dahil magdadagdag ka ng (it should be growing because you upload the) CPI (patron fee index) and foreign exchange risk,” he brought.

In the equal letter, Dia stated “there may be a need to hold the traders entire with the aid of adjusting the FiT charge via the FiT adjustment method also adopted via [the] ERC (Energy Regulatory Commission).”

“Such adjustment simply continues the fee of the sales and should no longer detract from the individual of FiT as ‘constant tariff’ in line with the RE Act or ‘guaranteed fixed price’ per the IRR of the same,” he told NREB.

As outlined in Republic Act 9513, or the “Renewable Energy Act of 2008,” the FiT program goals to hasten the development of emerging RE resources together with wind, sun, ocean, run-of-river hydropower and biomass through a set tariff mechanism. Perks will be given to RE developers for as a minimum 12 years.

Initially, the ERC approved run-of-river hydro and biomass charges were P5.90 in line with kilowatt hour (kWh) and P6.63 in keeping with kWh, respectively. These had been later decreased to P5.8705 according to kWh for run-of-river hydro and P6.5969 in keeping with kWh for biomass.