Renewable Energy Act 2011 · Updated to 31 Dec 2025 · Part IV · Feed-In Tariff
16. Payment and duration of feed-in tariff
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Subject to paragraph 21(3)(a), a feed-in approval holder shall, during the effective period, be paid the feed-in tariff by the distribution licensee with whom the feed-in approval holder has entered into a renewable energy power purchase agreement for renewable energy generated by his or its renewable energy installation based on the applicable feed-in tariff rate as adjusted under section 18.
feed-in approval holder
“feed-in approval holder” means a person who holds a feed-in approval;
The Authority may prescribe rules setting out the criteria to be met by a renewable energy installation for the purposes of ascertaining the eligibility of a feed-in approval holder to receive a particular feed-in tariff rate.
Authority
“Authority” means the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia established under the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Act 2011;
Terms defined in s 2
Authority
Defined · s 2“Authority” means the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia established under the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Act 2011;
distribution licensee
Defined · s 2“distribution licensee” means the holder of a licence to distribute issued by the Commission under section 9 of the Electricity Supply Act 1990;
effective period
Defined · s 2“effective period”, in relation to a feed-in approval holder, means the period commencing from the feed-in tariff commencement date as specified in the fourth column of the Schedule;
feed-in approval holder
Defined · s 2“feed-in approval holder” means a person who holds a feed-in approval;
feed-in tariff
Defined · s 2“feed-in tariff” means the special tariff payable to feed-in approval holders in consideration for renewable energy generated and sold to a distribution licensee as specified in the third column of the Schedule;
renewable energy
Defined · s 2“renewable energy” means electricity generated or produced from renewable resources.
renewable energy installation
Defined · s 2“renewable energy installation” means an installation which generates renewable energy and includes any technical facility of that installation which converts mechanical, chemical, thermal or electromagnetic energy directly into electricity;
renewable energy power purchase agreement
Defined · s 2“renewable energy power purchase agreement” means the renewable energy power purchase agreement between a distribution licensee and a feed-in approval holder under section 12;
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