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Пересмотр более раннего документа?: 
Yes
Год составления проекта документа: 
2013
Год вступления в силу: 
2030
Виды актов по количеству участников: 
National
Тип документа: 
Plan/Strategy
Экономический сектор: 
Energy, Power
Виды энергоресурсов: 
Power, Renewable, Bioenergy, Other
Подготовлен: 
Department Of Energy Ministry Of Energy & Mineral Resources Fiji Islands and Economic Consulting Associates and SMEC (New Zealand)
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Сводный обзор: 
The National Energy Policy sets out the Government’s direction for the energy sector in Fiji. It replaces the 2006 National Energy. It includes the Government's vision and objectives an overview of the energy sector, the targets aligned with the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative of the United Nations and the priority policies. These address: grid-based power supply, rural electrification; renewable energy, transport, petroleum and substitute fuels, energy efficiency. The last section explores the implementation arrangements. Finally, Annex 1 summarizes the policy statements that emerged during the National Energy Forum in April 2013 and were considered to be included in the National Energy Policy.
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Bi-, multi-lateral mechanisms to expand access: 
--- Promote involvement in off-grid rural electrification of non-government providers including community-based organisations, NGOs, and the private sector. To support this [...] consideration will be given to competitive tendering of concessions where the level of interest permits this.
Energy access priorities: 
The primary objective of this energy policy is to achieve affordable energy for all of Fiji.
Energy access action plan: 
--- Develop a national electrification master plan, showing how each un-electrified area will be served with least cost solutions. --- Establish an electrification fund and an associated framework that will be used to provide capital subsidies for electrification projects that increase access for unserved communities.
Energy access targets: 
The primary objective of this energy policy is to achieve affordable energy for all of Fiji. --- Percentage of population with electricity access was 89% in 2007; targets are 90% by 2015, 95% by 2020 and 100% by 2030. Percentage of population with primary reliance on wood fuels for cooking was 20% in 2004; targets are 18% by 2015, 12% by 2020 and 0% by 2030.
Efficiency
Приоритеты ЭЭ: 
--- Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of management of the electricity grid. --- [...] investigating the potential for adopting smart grid potential allowing greater participation by customers in managing demand. --- Keep fuel standards up-to-date and ensure that they are adhered to, including in rural and remote areas, to enhance environmental protection, health, and safety.
EE targets: 
Energy intensity (fuel consumption per unit of GDP in L/FJD) was 0.08 in 2011; targets are 0.079 by 2015 0.079 by 2020 0.077 by 2030. Energy intensity (power consumption per unit of GDP in kWh/FJD) was 0.23 in 2011; targets are 0.219 by 2015, 0.215 by 2020, 0.209 by 2030.
EE action plans: 
--- Encouraging businesses to undertake energy audits and to factor in the operating costs of energy use as well as the capital costs when investing. The programmes will target sectors where the greatest energy savings can be made. --- Update the codes and standards for buildings and industry. These codes will provide minimum standards for energy use for ventilation, cooling, and lighting and will be regularly reviewed in response to new research, building practices and technologies.
EE labeling: 
Promote the fuel efficiency of imported motor vehicles in order to reduce petroleum consumption, [...] introducing new measures such as labelling for vehicle fuel economy and tyre pressure. --- Extend the current system of energy labelling and minimum energy efficiency standards to all widely imported electrical appliances and industrial equipment that contribute substantially to energy demand. Where appropriate, Fiji will adopt the standards and energy labelling information used by Australia and New Zealand to support closer economic relationships.
EE transport standards : 
Support the development and implementation of a transport policy that encourages a shift towards more energy efficient forms of land transport, including enhancing public transport provision, fiscal incentives to encourage the use of public transport, the promotion of walking and cycling, and laying out urban areas [...]. --- Promote the fuel efficiency of the existing motor vehicle fleet, including promoting fuel-efficient driving practices through information campaigns and driver training, and by improving the enforcement of vehicle maintenance and maximum axel weight standards. --- Review the potential to improve the fuel efficiency of marine transport, including considering imposing mandatory inter-island vessel standards and considering the options for the better integration of regional sea freight movement.
Energy Service Companies (ESCOs): 
Improve the effectiveness and sustainability of the existing management models for off-gird electrification including Renewable Energy Service Companies and community cooperatives being used to provide electricity to isolated communities. --- The creation of an Energy Services Company (ESCO) to undertake public sector energy efficiency projects will be considered, as will the potential to subsequently extend this to the private sector.
EE financial incentives: 
Consider providing customs and tax incentives to energy efficient appliances and equipment, thereby ensuring that there is a differential between conventional equipment and energy efficient equipment. --- Support the development and implementation of [...] fiscal incentives to encourage the use of public transport, the promotion of walking and cycling, and laying out urban areas. -- Promote the fuel efficiency of imported motor vehicles in order to reduce petroleum consumption. This includes [...] provide import tax incentives.
EE public awareness/promotional programmes: 
Increase public education and awareness of energy efficiency by providing information to households and businesses on the range of energy saving technologies and options available. This should include encouraging businesses to undertake energy audits and to factor in the operating costs of energy use as well as the capital costs when investing. The programmes will target sectors where the greatest energy savings can be made. --- Promote energy efficiency in the public sector, including launching demonstration projects on public buildings, establishing energy conservation and efficiency protocols for the operation of public sector facilities, and identifying public institutions/facilities that are the largest energy consumers and monitoring their energy performance.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
Maintain a comprehensive assessment of Fiji’s renewable energy resources, including hydro, wind, solar, and geothermal resources. This assessment will include an inventory of available sites and technologies, ranked by their technical and economic viability. --- Encourage investment in grid-connected renewable generation.
RE targets: 
Renewable energy share in electricity generation was 56% in 2011. Targets are 67% by 2015, 81% by 2020, 100% by 2030. Renewable energy share in total energy consumption was 13% in 2011. Targets are 15% by 2015, 18% by 2020, 23% by 2030.
RE action plans: 
--- Promote and improve guidelines and technical standards for renewable energy technologies. --- Continue research to explore the options for widespread use of biofuels as a means for improving the sustainability and environmental impact of Fiji’s energy sector. This includes encouraging the production of coconut oil in remote islands and the use of locally produced molasses as substitutes for imported fuels and to generate local employment and revenue. Any actions for the widespread development of biofuels in Fiji should be based on rigorous analysis showing that it is both technically and economically feasible and should be mindful of the risks, in particular the trade-offs between production of crops suitable for conversion to biofuels and production of food and cash crops. --- Work with industry associations to identify and remove barriers to the uptake of renewable energy technologies.
RE feed-in tariffs: 
Encourage investment in grid-connected renewable generation, by establishing economically justified feed-in tariffs or similar mechanisms to give incentives and reduce the risks for electricity production from small-scale renewable sources that are connected to the grid.
Net metering: 
[Introduce] Measures to encourage net metering, giving incentives for customers to invest in on-site small-scale renewable energy generation.
Public competitive bidding/tendering: 
Promote involvement in off-grid rural electrification of non-government providers including community-based organisations, NGOs, and the private sector. To support this [...] consideration will be given to competitive tendering of concessions where the level of interest permits this.
RE public awareness/promotional programmes: 
Encourage the use of relatively environmentally friendly petroleum products [...] and running education/awareness programs.
Environment
Energy environmental priorities: 
Encourage the use of relatively environmentally friendly petroleum products such as LPG over kerosene.
Ценообразование
Renewable energy subsidies: 
Establishing a formal regulatory contract with Fiji Electricity Authority (FEA), making all forms of electricity subsidy transparent to energy consumers. --- Establish an electrification fund and an associated framework that will be used to provide capital subsidies for electrification projects that increase access for unserved communities. Subsidies will leverage capital contributions from beneficiaries and project promoters as far as possible and will be provided as once-off capital contributions for viable projects. Recurrent costs will not be subsidised on an on-going basis. --- FEA [...] will have access to subsidies from the electrification fund to ensure that it is not commercially disadvantaged by these obligations.
Energy pricing: 
[...] Establishing a formal regulatory contract with Fiji Electricity Authority (FEA), setting out a process for regularly reviewing the efficient costs of electricity supply and setting tariffs to recover these [...].
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Energy supply priorities: 
[A]chieve sustainable energy supplies and reduce energy import costs.
Infrastructure development priorities: 
Improve the effectiveness and sustainability of the existing management models for off-grid electrification including Renewable Energy Service Companies and community cooperatives being used to provide electricity to isolated communities.
Regional integration priorities: 
[...] continue to explore the costs, potential benefits and risks of bulk procurement of petroleum, building on existing studies and initiatives in this regard. This may include regional cooperation or the creation of a monopsony buyer to improve bargaining power.
Trade
Energy trade priorities: 
[...] To achieve sustainable energy supplies and reduce energy import costs. --- Reduce the cost of imported petroleum products by negotiating directly with fuel suppliers and reviewing the pricing templates for petroleum products.
Investment
Energy sector investment priorities: 
[...] development of asset management plans that detail historical and planned capital and operational spending to ensure that assets are adequately maintained. --- Encourage investment in grid-connected renewable generation.
Financial incentives for energy infrastructure: 
--- Establish an electrification fund and an associated framework that will be used to provide capital subsidies for electrification projects that increase access for unserved communities.
Tax and duty exemptions for energy equipment: 
Consider providing customs and tax incentives to energy efficient appliances and equipment, thereby ensuring that there is a differential between conventional equipment and energy efficient equipment.
Independent power producers: 
Establishing a transparent process for procurement of new large-scale capacity from Independent Power Producers (from both renewable and non-renewable energy sources), principles to be applied in all new Power Purchase Agreements, and avoided cost benchmarks for new power purchases.
Public Private Partnerships: 
Promote private sector investment in electricity generation. --- Promote involvement in off-grid rural electrification of non-government providers including community-based organisations, NGOs, and the private sector. --- Work with industry associations to identify and remove barriers to the uptake of renewable energy technologies. --- Support voluntary actions of businesses and industry, including the aviation industry and commercial land transport, to implement energy efficiency measures. [...] including public recognition of best performers, providing information on potential, encouraging dissemination of best practice and working with donors to develop energy efficiency programmes.
Деятельность органов власти
Energy management principles: 
Strengthen transparency and effectiveness of the regulation of the electricity sector. --- Prepare and maintain contingency plans for fuel supply to ensure that there is adequate supply during business as usual and during emergency times, including natural disasters, political turmoil, and hydro shortages. This includes considering minimum stockholdings for industry and the acquisition of reservation stockholdings in other countries.
National policy structure: 
Institutional responsibilities need to be streamlined.
Energy institutional structures: 
Institutions include (but are not limited to) the Ministry of Works, Transport, and Public Utilities, the Ministry of Tourism and Public Enterprises, the Ministry of Finance and National Planning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Commerce Commission, the Fiji Electricity Authority, and the Land Transport Authority. --- Economic regulation of the energy sector is led by the Commerce Commission. --- The Fiji Electricity Authority (FEA) will remain responsible for planning of the national grid, including generation and network planning and planning of grid extensions.. --- DoE will be responsible for national master plans, including for renewable energy and electrification, and the plans prepared by FEA will be expected to comply with these. Responsibility for policy matters such as the role of the private sector in the electricity industry and development of frameworks for private sector participation will be transferred from FEA to DoE.
Public database availability: 
Make all data on renewable energy resources available to the public and prospective investors through a single national repository. This will ensure that a lack of information does not continue to be an impediment to private sector developing projects. --- Improve the transparency of petroleum supply, including collecting data on fuel quantity imports, re-exports, consumption, and pricing and making this data publicly available. --- DoE will also consult more generally at least twice yearly with representatives of external stakeholders in the energy sector.[...] The material presented and minutes of the consultations will be made publicly available. --- A national energy information system and database will be established and housed at DoE. This will be publicly accessible. The national energy information system will include an electronic record of all relevant past studies in the energy sector, such as resource assessments, feasibility studies, and project evaluations. The database will include demand and supply-side data on all aspects of energy in Fiji and detailed fuel and electricity price data obtained from the Commerce Commission.
Technology
Clean energy technology deployment: 
Conduct further investigations into geothermal energy resources as a matter of priority, with a view to identifying a pilot project for development.
R&D renewable energy: 
Technological solutions to be considered will include grid extension, hybrid mini-grids, and solar home systems. --- Research and promote new renewable energy technologies, including assessing their technical and economic viability and their environmental impact and social acceptability. --- Continue research to explore the options for widespread use of biofuels as a means for improving the sustainability and environmental impact of Fiji’s energy sector.
Technology collaboration with other member States: 
[...] Keeping abreast of international developments and innovations and working with other countries and regional bodies so as to have research programmes which complement one another, rather than duplicating efforts. It also means encouraging tertiary institutions to develop research programmes on renewable energy technologies.