Meta Data
Title in national language: 
電気事業者による再生可能エネルギー電気の調達に関する特別措置法
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2011
Effective Start Year: 
2016
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Act
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power
Energy Types: 
Power, Renewable, Bioenergy, Geothermal, Hydropower, Solar, Wind, Other
Issued by: 
Government of Japan
Notes: 
Tentative translation
Overall Summary: 
An Act to promote the use of renewable energy sources with regard to the procurement of electricity from renewable energy sources by electricity utilities. The Act acknowledges the importance of taking into consideration the use of renewable energy sources to secure a stable and appropriate supply of energy, in accordance with the economic and social environment in Japan and abroad and in reducing the environmental load arising from energy supply.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
[T]o promote the use of renewable energy sources as energy sources for electricity by taking special measures for price, period, etc. with regard to the procurement of electricity from renewable energy sources by electricity utilities, taking into consideration that the use of renewable energy sources as energy sources is important in securing a stable and appropriate supply of energy in accordance with the economic and social environment in Japan and abroad.
RE prioritization, portfolio standards: 
When an electricity utility has received, from a specified supplier, an application for the conclusion of a specified contract (which means a contract stipulating that a specified supplier supply electricity from renewable energy sources to an electricity utility over a period not exceeding the procurement period pertaining to a certified power generation facility of saidspecified supplier [...] and also stipulating that the electricity utility procure electricity from renewable energy sources at a procurement price pertaining to said certified power generation facility over said period; the same shall apply hereinafter) for the relevant electricity from renewable energy sources, it shall not refuse to conclude the specified contract except when the content of the contract is likely to unjustly harm the profits of said electricity utility and when there are any other justifiable grounds provided for by Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. ---When an electricity utility [...]has been requested, by a specified supplier who intends to apply for the conclusion of a specified contract pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, to electrically connect a certified power generation facility which said specified supplier uses with an electric facility for transformation, transmission, or distribution of electricity which said electricity utility uses for its business, it shall not refuse said connection [...].
RE feed-in tariffs: 
The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry shall determine the price of electricity from renewable energy sources per kilowatt (hereinafter referred to as a "procurement price") and the period of procurement based on a procurement price (hereinafter referred to as a "procurement period") every business year.--- The expense sharing coordinating body[...]shall grant subsidies to electricity utilities [...] with respect to each period provided for by Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, in order to coordinate any imbalance in the sharing of expenses pertaining to the rates of the quantity of electricity from renewable energy sources that electricity utilities procure based on specified contracts in the quantity of electricity that they supply.
Pricing
Energy pricing: 
The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry shall determine the price of electricity from renewable energy sources per kilowatt (hereinafter referred to as a "procurement price") and the period of procurement based on a procurement price (hereinafter referred to as a "procurement period") every business year.---A procurement price shall be determined, as a price that enables the supply of electricity from renewable energy sources by the relevant renewable energy power generation facility to be conducted stably over the procurement period, based on the expenses that are recognized as ordinarily necessary where said supply is efficiently implemented and the estimated quantity of electricity from renewable energy sources pertaining to said supply, taking into consideration the status of the quantity supplied of electricity from renewable energy sources in Japan, proper profits [...], expenses borne [...] and any other circumstances.---When determining a procurement price, etc., the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry shall give consideration so as to prevent the allotted money [...] from being an excessive burden on electricity users.