On February 10, 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved:
1- The Draft Law №9012 on Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Introduction of the Register of the Guarantee of Origin for Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources.
The Draft Law provides for the establishment of legal bases for the issuance, use and cancellation of guarantees of origin for of the electricity produced from renewable energy sources. The authorized body for issuing the guarantee of origin of electricity produced from RES will become the NEURC, and the market operator will be responsible for the trading of the guarantees of origin of electricity produced from RES.
The EUEA has already expressed its support for the initiative of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine to introduce guarantees of origin of electricity produced from RES in Ukraine and provided its proposals. The introduction of the certificate circulation, confirming the origin of “green” electricity produced in Ukraine, will allow producers to receive additional income. In the long term, it will allow synchronization with the European registers of guarantees of origin of electricity.
2- The Draft Law №9011 on Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Improving Conditions for Supporting Electricity Production from Alternative Energy Sources by Consumer Generating Installations.
The Draft Law envisages the introduction of a net metering system to ensure the development of RES small distributed generation without additional financial support from the state and consumers. Also, the introduction of a new contract for the purchase and sale of electricity is previewed based on the mechanism of self-production and the definition of categories of consumers who have the right to use the mechanism of self-production.
The law will allow to ensure the development of small distributed generation of electricity from RES at the account of prosumer installations. This will contribute to increasing the share of green electricity from RES in the structure of the total final energy consumption and strengthening the energy security of the country.
