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Title in national language: 
Постановление Правительства от 28.05.2013 № 499 "О механизме стимулирования использования возобновляемых источников энергии на оптовом рынке электрической энергии и мощности" (в ред. от 25.12.2021)
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2013
Effective Start Year: 
2021
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Decree
Economic Sector: 
Power
Energy Types: 
Power, Renewable, Hydropower, Solar, Wind
Issued by: 
Government of the Russian Federation
Notes: 
No official English version available
Overall Summary: 
The present policy is a specific regulation imposed by the Government of the Russian Federation to reassure national commitments to renewable energy goals. As the primary objective formulated by the policy is to accelerate renewable energy market growth, it proposes a capacity-based scheme envisaged to integrate solar, wind and hydro energy sources into capacity markets. The decree seeks to ensure security of electricity supply and enhance efficiency of facilities that sell renewable energy. Provisions are made for certification - or “qualification” - of renewable energy generating facilities, in this respect, minimum criteria is specified. Capacity-based scheme is applicable to generating facilities with installed capacity of 5MW. --- The policy aims to ensure sustainable, sufficient and balanced development of electricity markets as it gives more certainty to investment in RES generation projects. Frameworks are provided for investment regulation in respect to power plants construction. Enabling a competitive market environment shall be ensured.
Pricing
Energy pricing: 
Pursuant to the Rules for the Wholesale Power (Capacity) Market № 1172 dated 27 December 2010, the policy introduces rule-based pricing for renewable energy on the wholesale electricity (capacity) market. --- The policy focuses on capacity supply contractual agreements.
Investment
Electricity wholesale markets: 
Regulatory efforts focus on finical incentives to accelerate renewable energy on the wholesale capacity markets, in this respect, the Decree formulates common criteria for competitive selection of investment projects and targets to minimize the impacts on end-user prices. Moreover, the policy elaborates on the marginal capital costs of renewable energy projects (Art. 6).