Renewable Energy Act 2011 · Updated to 31 Dec 2025 · Part IX · Savings and Transitional
64. Existing renewable energy generators
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
An eligible producer who has executed an agreement for the sale and purchase of electricity with a distribution licensee prior to the coming into operation of this Act shall have the option of either—
eligible producer
“eligible producer” means a person who is eligible to apply to participate in the feed-in tariff system under section 4;
applying to participate in the feed-in tariff system, terminating any such prior agreement with the distribution licensee with the consent of the distribution licensee and
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entering into a renewable energy power purchase agreement prescribed under this Act; or
continuing under his or its existing agreement with the distribution licensee and not participating in the feed-in tariff system.
Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 shall apply mutatis mutandis where an eligible producer referred to in subsection (1) has opted to participate in the feed-in tariff system.
feed-in tariff system
“feed-in tariff system” means the system established under section 3;
Upon the grant of a feed-in approval to an eligible producer referred to in subsection (1), Parts III and IV shall apply mutatis mutandis to the feed-in approval holder except that the effective period applicable to such feed-in approval holder shall be reduced by a period equivalent to the period during which his or its renewable energy installation had generated electricity for commercial sale to the distribution licensee prior to the grant of the feed-in approval.
Terms defined in s 2
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;
electricity
Defined · s 2“electricity” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Electricity Supply Act 1990;
eligible producer
Defined · s 2“eligible producer” means a person who is eligible to apply to participate in the feed-in tariff system under section 4;
feed-in approval holder
Defined · s 2“feed-in approval holder” means a person who holds a feed-in approval;
feed-in tariff system
Defined · s 2“feed-in tariff system” means the system established under section 3;
prescribed
Defined · s 2“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;
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;