THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Sunday issued guidelines for collecting tariffs on energy projects under the Green Energy Auction Program (GEAP), charged to on-grid consumers.
The ERC said it finalized the guidelines for collecting the Green Energy Auction Allowance (GEA-All) and disbursing the GEA-All Fund “to ensure fair and accurate fee collection from on-grid consumers by GEA suppliers.”
The guidelines cover emerging renewable energy (RE) technologies, including solar photovoltaic, biomass, wind, run-of-river, integrated renewable energy and energy storage systems, and other RE technologies in the GEAP, as determined by the Department of Energy (DoE).
The ERC said GEA-All is a uniform charge per kilowatt-hour billed to on-grid consumers, “distinct and separate” from the feed-in tariff allowance (FIT-All) scheme.
“While both support RE development, the FIT-All compensates RE supply under the FIT program, while the GEA-All funds payments to RE developers under the GEAP,” the ERC said. — Sheldeen Joy Talavera
