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“prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister by way of regulations made under section 60 or prescribed by the Authority by way of rules made under section 61, as the case may be;

“electricity” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the

Electricity Supply Act 1990 [Act 447];

“appointed auditor” means any auditor appointed by the Authority under section 28;

“degression rate” means the rate of the annual progressive reduction of the feed-in tariff as specified in the fifth column of the Schedule;

“feed-in approval” means an approval granted under section 7;

“public safety” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the

Electricity Supply Act 1990;

“private safety” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the

Electricity Supply Act 1990;

*NOTE—The operation of the whole of the Renewable Energy Act 2011 [Act 725] is suspended in the

State of Sabah with effect from 3 January 2024—see P.U. (A) 396/2023.

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“grid parity”, in relation to a particular renewable energy installation, means the time at which the feed-in tariff rate applicable to that renewable energy installation is equal to or cheaper than the displaced cost;

“displaced cost” means the average cost of generating and supplying one kilowatt hour of electricity from resources other than the renewable resources through the supply line up to the point of interconnection with the renewable energy installation;

“Fund” means the Renewable Energy Fund established under section 23;

“distribute” means to operate, maintain and distribute electricity through the electricity distribution network;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for matters relating to the supply of electricity;

“Minister of Finance” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance;

“authorized officer” means any public officer, officer of the

Authority or officer of the Commission authorized in writing by the

Minister under section 36;

“feed-in approval holder” means a person who holds a feed-in approval;

“distribution licensee” means the holder of a licence to distribute issued by the Commission under section 9 of the Electricity Supply

Act 1990;

“eligible producer” means a person who is eligible to apply to participate in the feed-in tariff system under section 4;

“renewable energy installation” means an installation which generates renewable energy and includes any technical facility of that

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installation which converts mechanical, chemical, thermal or electromagnetic energy directly into electricity;

“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;

“Authority” means the Sustainable Energy Development Authority

Malaysia established under the Sustainable Energy Development

Authority Act 2011 [Act 726];

“electricity distribution network” means a system or part of a system at nominal voltage of less than one hundred and thirty two kilovolts of electric lines or cables, of substations and of associated equipment and buildings for transporting electricity to any person regardless of whether a generating plant is connected to such system;

“feed-in tariff system” means the system established under section 3;

“renewable resources” means the recurring and non-depleting indigenous resources or technology as set out in the first column of the

Schedule;

“Commission” means the Energy Commission established under the

Energy Commission Act 2001 [Act 610];

“supply line” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the

Electricity Supply Act 1990;

“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;

“feed-in tariff commencement date”, in relation to a feed-in approval holder, means the date on which the renewable energy installation first generates renewable energy for commercial sale pursuant to the renewable energy power purchase agreement which has become effective in accordance with section 12;

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“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;

“renewable energy” means electricity generated or produced from renewable resources.