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Section 16

Priority of purchase and distribution

of Sabah Renewable Energy Enactment 2024

State EnactmentIn forceProvision 16 of 67
Section 16
(1)

Where a renewable energy installation has been connected to a supply line connection point under subsection 15(2), a distribution licensee shall, as priority over the electricity generated from resources other than renewable resources, purchase and distribute through the supply line the entire available quantity of renewable energy generated by a renewable energy installation owned by a feed-in approval holder unless exempted under subsection (2).

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(2)

The Commission may exempt a distribution licensee from compliance with subsection (1) for such periods and under such circumstances as the

Commission thinks fit having regard to public safety and private safety.

(3)

A distribution licensee who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one million ringgit.