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Recently, the National Energy Administration issued a public notice on soliciting comments on the "Photovoltaic Power Generation Development and Construction Management Measures (Draft)".  

The original text reads as follows:  

In order to further optimize the development and construction management of photovoltaic power stations and promote the sustainable and high-quality development of the photovoltaic power generation industry, the bureau organized relevant units to revise and form the Photovoltaic Power Generation Development and Construction Management Measures (Draft) on the basis of the Interim Measures for the Management of Photovoltaic Power Station Projects.   The consultation period is from November 26 to December 25, 2021.  Welcome relevant units and people from all walks of life to put forward valuable comments and suggestions, through E-mail or fax and other forms of feedback to our bureau of new energy Department.  

Thank you for your participation and support!  

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Annex: Photovoltaic Power Station Development and Construction Management Measures (Draft)  

National Energy Administration  

November 24, 2021  

Measures for the administration of development and construction of photovoltaic power stations  

(Draft for Comments)  

Chapter I General Provisions  

Article 1 In order to optimize the development, construction and management of photovoltaic power stations, ensure the clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient operation of photovoltaic power stations and power systems, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of photovoltaic power generation industry,   According to the law of the People's Republic of China renewable energy law, the electric power law of the People's Republic of China "and the enterprise investment project approval and filing management ordinance, the electricity regulatory ordinance," the State Council on promoting the healthy development of photovoltaic industry a number of opinions ", the enterprise investment project approval and filing management method "and other relevant laws and administrative rules and regulations, and these measures.  

Article 2 These measures shall apply to the management of centralized photovoltaic power stations constructed and operated as public power sources.  

Article 3 The development and construction management of photovoltaic power stations includes planning and guidance of responsibility weight of renewable energy consumption, determination of annual development and construction scheme, project management, power grid access, operation monitoring and market supervision, technical quality management and safety supervision, etc.  

Article 4 The National Energy Administration is responsible for the supervision and administration of the development, construction and operation of photovoltaic power stations nationwide.   Under the guidance of the National Energy Administration, the competent energy departments at the provincial level shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of the development, construction and operation of photovoltaic power stations in their respective regions.  The dispatched offices of the National Energy Administration shall be responsible for the supervision and safety supervision and administration of the photovoltaic power stations within their jurisdiction in terms of fair grid connection, electricity consumption, timely and full settlement, etc.  The National Energy Administration entrusts the National Renewable Energy Information Management Center to undertake the technical management and services for the construction and operation of photovoltaic power stations.  Power grid enterprises undertake the implementation of grid connection conditions, grid access and dispatching capacity optimization of photovoltaic power stations, and cooperate with the competent energy departments to analyze and calculate regional grid consumption and access and delivery conditions.  

The second chapter is the guidance of responsibility weight for planning and renewable energy consumption  

Article 5 The National Energy Administration shall work out the national renewable energy development plan and determine the overall objectives and major layout of the development and construction of photovoltaic power stations.  

Article 6 the competent department of the national energy based on renewable energy planning related goal, in accordance with the principle of sharing responsibility, establish and strengthen renewable power weights given responsibility mechanism, scrolling provinces weight at the beginning of each year, at the same time issued by the weights and given the responsibility of next year, when the weight for the binding targets, the provincial examination according to the evaluation,   The weight of the next year is an anticipatory indicator.  

Chapter III determines the annual development and construction plan  

Article 7 provincial departments in charge of energy to do this province (autonomous regions and municipalities) of renewable energy development planning and the national renewable energy development planning between the upper and lower linkage, according to the provincial (autonomous regions and municipalities), non - renewable energy planning hydropower renewable power given responsibility for the weight, and given area power grid and access conditions, such as reasonable annual development plan of the photovoltaic power station,   In principle, it will be announced to the public before the end of June every year.  The annual development and construction plan of photovoltaic power stations can be divided into guaranteed grid connection scale and market-oriented grid connection scale according to national requirements.  Local governments shall timely disclose relevant information to the public when they decide on government-subsidized or market-oriented grid connection projects in batches.   Power grid companies shall not go through grid access procedures for projects not included in the annual development and construction plan of photovoltaic power stations.  The competent energy departments at all levels are encouraged to adopt the management mode of project library to reserve photovoltaic power station projects well.  

Article 8 Guaranteed grid connection projects are encouraged to be optimized and determined by provincial energy authorities through competitive allocation and guaranteed by power grid enterprises.   Market-based grid connection projects shall be implemented in accordance with relevant provisions of the state and provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities). Power grid enterprises shall cooperate with provincial energy authorities to implement grid connection conditions through self-construction, joint construction and sharing, or purchase of services and other market-based ways.  

Article 9 The measures of competitive allocation projects and annual development and construction plans of photovoltaic power stations in each province shall be submitted to the state energy authority for the record in a timely manner.   Energy authorities at all levels should optimize the business environment, standardize the order of development and construction, and should not take supporting industries as the threshold of project development and construction.  

Chapter IV Project Management  

Article 10 The photovoltaic power station project unit shall make a good job of planning site selection, resource evaluation, demonstration of construction conditions, market demand analysis and other preparatory work before the project starts, and focus on the implementation of the conditions for power delivery and market consumption of the photovoltaic power station project.  

Article 11 Photovoltaic power station projects shall be subject to archival administration in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Regulations on The Administration of Approval and Archival Filing of Enterprise Investment Projects and the Measures for the Administration of Approval and Archival Filing of Enterprise Investment Projects.   Each province may formulate measures for the administration of the archival filing of projects within its own administrative region, clarifying the archival filing organs and their powers as well as the period of validity of archival filing.  The record-keeping organ and its personnel shall record the items according to law, and shall not add or reduce the examination conditions without authorization, nor exceed the time limit for handling the items.  The archival organs shall strengthen supervision over photovoltaic power stations during and after the event.  

Article 12 After the project is put on record, the construction conditions of photovoltaic power stations should be promptly implemented.  For those that have been put on record and included in the annual development and construction plan, construction can start only after going through all construction procedures required by relevant laws and regulations, and do a good job of connecting with power grid enterprises for supporting power delivery projects.  

Article 13 of the photovoltaic power station project units responsible for the construction and operation, and is responsible for safety production of photovoltaic power station main body, must be carried out and industry safety production management regulations of the state, in accordance with the law to strengthen the construction of photovoltaic power station running the whole process of safety production management, and intensify investment guarantee for safe production, improve the safe production conditions.  

Article 14 For all kinds of stock projects, they shall be completed and put into operation within the prescribed time limit. For those projects that have not been built for a long time beyond the term of validity for archival filing, the energy administrative departments at the provincial level shall organize timely liquidation, and for those projects that do not meet the requirements for construction, they shall be abolished in time.  

Chapter V Power grid Access Management  

Article 15 Photovoltaic power station supporting power transmission project shall be coordinated with photovoltaic power station construction.  Photovoltaic power station project units are responsible for the investment and construction of power collection lines and booster stations within the project site, while power grid enterprises are responsible for the investment and construction of supporting power delivery projects outside the project site in principle.  Provincial energy departments are responsible for coordination.  

Article 16 Power generation enterprises are allowed to invest in the construction of supporting new energy delivery projects that are difficult to be constructed by power grid enterprises or whose planned construction time series are not matched.   Power generation enterprise construction supporting delivery project should be fully demonstrated, can be joint construction of multiple enterprises, can also be one enterprise construction, multiple enterprises share.  New energy supporting projects built by power generation enterprises may be repurchased by power grid enterprises at appropriate time according to law and regulations upon mutual agreement between power grid enterprises and power generation enterprises.  

Article 17 Power grid enterprises shall, in accordance with the overall goal of the development and construction of photovoltaic power stations of the State, the construction plans of photovoltaic power stations in each region and the annual development and construction plans, carry out overall planning and construction of photovoltaic power grid supporting photovoltaic power stations, adopt smart grid and other advanced technologies according to needs, and improve the capacity of the power grid to accept photovoltaic power generation.   Energy authorities at all levels are responsible for incorporating power grid projects into the corresponding power planning.  

Article 18 Power grid enterprises shall, in accordance with the principle of active service, simplicity and efficiency, establish and improve the procedures for examination and service of photovoltaic power station project connection.   After the project unit submits the application for review of the access system design report, the power grid enterprise shall give a written reply within 40 working days for the projects with access system voltage level of 500 kV or above.  For the project with the voltage level of the access system ranging from 110 (66) to 220 (330) kV, the power grid enterprise shall issue a written reply within 30 working days;  For the projects with access system voltage level of 35 kV and below, the power grid enterprises shall give written reply opinions within 20 working days.  For items that do not have access conditions, the reasons should be explained.  Power grid enterprises are encouraged to promote "new energy cloud" platforms to serve new power systems dominated by new energy.  

Article 19 Power grid enterprises shall improve the efficiency of photovoltaic power station supporting power grid projects, and ensure that supporting power transmission projects and photovoltaic power station projects are constructed and put into operation at the same time.   Guaranteed and market-oriented grid connection projects that are included in the annual development and construction plan should be "capable and combined" without additional conditions.  

Article 20 Power grid enterprises shall, together with the National Monitoring and Early Warning Center of New Energy Consumption, timely publish the information and forecast analysis of grid-connected consumption of each provincial region, and guide rational investment and orderly construction.   Provincial power grid enterprises shall timely coordinate, supervise and correct the problems reported by project units.   After the photovoltaic power station is connected to the grid, the provincial power grid enterprise shall timely grasp the situation and submit relevant information to the provincial energy authority on a monthly basis.  

Article 21 Photovoltaic power station projects shall conform to the national technical standards for photovoltaic power stations to be connected to the power grid, and the capacity ratio of photovoltaic power generation system shall not be higher than 1.8:1. The net-related equipment must pass the testing and certification of the state-approved testing and certification institution. The power grid enterprises shall not require repeated testing of the equipment that passes the testing and certification.  

Article 22 Power grid enterprises shall, in accordance with relevant national technical standards and management regulations, cooperate with project units in carrying out grid-connection debugging, completion acceptance of grid-connection equipment and power delivery projects of photovoltaic power stations, and sign grid-connection scheduling agreements and electricity purchase and sale contracts with project units within 15 working days after submitting the application for grid-connection debugging.  

Article 23 Power grid enterprises shall take systematic technical measures to improve the dispatching technology system for grid-connected operation of photovoltaic power stations, ensure the safe and efficient grid-connected operation of photovoltaic power stations and maintain reasonable utilization rate of photovoltaic power stations according to relevant regulations.  

Chapter VI Operation Monitoring and Market Supervision  

Article 24 Provincial energy administrative departments shall, under the guidance of the National Energy Administration, strengthen the supervision and management of the construction quality and operation of photovoltaic power stations.   The National Energy Administration shall timely improve industrial policies, norms and standard systems according to the actual situation of construction and operation.  

Article 25 Upon the completion of the main part of the project and the supporting power delivery project, the project unit shall timely organize the completion acceptance inspection of the project, and submit the completion acceptance inspection report to the project archival organ and copy it to the National Renewable Energy Information Management Center.  

Article 26 the state energy bureau timely organization or industry association, qualified consultants, etc., in accordance with the relevant technical regulations on through the completion inspection and acceptance and put into production operation more than one year the focus of the photovoltaic power station project and the construction and operation of the pilot and demonstration projects situation after evaluation, as perfecting industry policy, the important basis of norms and standards.   The project unit shall make necessary improvements to the project facilities and operation management according to the evaluation report.  

Article 27 The National Energy Administration shall, relying on the National Renewable energy Project information system, carry out information monitoring on the whole process of a project.   Provincial energy authorities shall urge project units to submit relevant information to the National Renewable Energy Information Management Center in accordance with relevant requirements.  

Article 28 In case of power accidents, power safety incidents and information security incidents occurring during the construction and operation of photovoltaic power stations, the project units and relevant participating units shall report to the superior competent units, the dispatched agencies of the relevant National Energy Administration and the power administration departments of the relevant local governments according to relevant regulations and requirements.  

Article 29 The dismantling, equipment recovery and reuse of photovoltaic power stations shall conform to the relevant policies of the State on resource recovery and utilization, and shall not cause environmental damage and pollution. Project units are encouraged to create convenient conditions for equipment recovery and reuse.  

Article 30 The competent departments of energy at the provincial level may, in accordance with these Measures, formulate specific administrative measures adapted to the actual conditions of their respective provinces (autonomous regions or municipalities directly under the central government).   The dispatched offices of the National Energy Administration shall, in accordance with these Measures, exercise supervision over photovoltaic power stations in terms of fair grid connection, electricity consumption and timely and full settlement.  

Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions  

Article 31 The National Energy Administration shall be responsible for the interpretation of these Measures.  

Article 32 These Measures shall take effect as of the date of promulgation.