TAJIKISTAN: Law on the Use of Renewable Energy

Meta Data
Title in national language: 
Закон Республики Таджикистан "Об использовании возобновляемых источников энергии"
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2010
Effective Start Year: 
2010
Effective End Year: 
2015
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Law
Economic Sector: 
Energy
Energy Types: 
Renewable, Bioenergy, Geothermal, Hydropower, Solar, Wind
Issued by: 
Parliament of the Republic of Tajikistan
Overall Summary: 
The Republic of Tajikistan possesses significant untapped potential of renewable energy. As the Government of Tajikistan recognizes the importance and the challenges of ensuring energy security, the legal framework was created to regulate the renewable energy sector. The present law shall regulate legal relations that occur between the public authorities, individuals and legal persons in the area of renewable energy sources use, and shall define legal and economic grounds for improving power conservation, mitigating environmental impacts and climate change, conservation of non-renewable energy sources for future generations. ------ The document focuses on the principles and priorities of the state policy in the field of renewable energy sources development; identifies ways for integration of renewable energy sources in the national power system; regulates implementation of administrative, research, design, expert, engineering, regulatory activities aimed at increasing the use of renewable energy sources; envisages correlation (interrelation) of operations in production, accounting, transportation, distribution, and use of power from renewable energy sources; defines economic and administrative measures to encourage the production and use of renewable energy sources.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
Art. 14 defines overall national priorities for renewable energy sources development in the Republic of Tajikistan. Measures to enhance RES development focus on enabling favorable conditions for expanding electricity and heat production from renewable energy sources, reducing power intensity of national economy, mitigating energy-related environmental impacts, increasing the share of RES in the energy mix.
RE capital subsidy, grant, or rebate: 
Art. 14. Economic stimulus package includes measures introducing renewable subsidies.
Mandatory connection: 
Art. 11. Steps are proposed to support mandatory connection of renewable energy generation facility to the power grid, other measures include mandatory purchase of grid-connected renewable power.
Pricing
Renewable energy subsidies: 
Art. 14. Economic stimulus package includes measures introducing renewable subsidies.