KeTSA introduces three efforts to motivate use of solar PV

• The Energy and also Natural Resources Ministry (KeTSA) is presenting the Net Energy Metering (NEM) 3.0 programme to offer an opportunity for more users to mount the solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on the roof coverings of their respective structures for electrical power expense reduction.

Preacher Datuk Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah said NEM3.0 would provide an allocation of 500 megawatts (MW) from 2021 to 2023.

The NEM 3.0 program entails 3 efforts - Program NEM Rakyat, Program NEM GoMEn (Government Ministries and Entities) as well as Program NOVA program (Net Offset Virtual Aggregation).

"The federal government wishes that the execution of NEM 3.0 will certainly enable much more Malaysians, federal government companies, holy places, in addition to companies and also regional business owners to be involved in the program of the nation's renewable resource growth, along with reducing electrical energy costs to alleviate the impact of Covid-19 pandemic," he claimed in a statement right here today.

Shamsul Anuar stated Program NEM Rakyat was presented as just five percent of applications under Program NEM 2.0 were domestic users that could delight in electrical power bill reduction through the installment of solar PV.

Shamsul Anuar stated Program NEM Rakyat will maintain the concept of "one-to-one" countered price with a quota of 100 MW or till all quotas are exhausted and concerning 10,000 to 25,000 Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) residential account holders or in between 40,000 as well as 100,000 homes in the peninsula will certainly appreciate electrical power expense reduction.

"Consumers will take pleasure in the one-to-one balanced out price for 10 years and electrical power costs cost savings with the idea of self-consumption, after the period ends," he stated, adding that applications can be made to the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) from Feb 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023.

For Program NEM GoMEn, he claimed it aims to minimize electrical energy bills in government buildings with a quota of 100 MW as well as regarding 100 federal government companies in the peninsula will delight in a decrease amounting to RM6 million each month.

Shamsul Anuar said Program NOVA would certainly assist business owners, local companies and also houses of worship to reduce power costs as well as the expense of working.

Applications for the NOVA Program will certainly be open from April 1, 2021 up until Dec 31, 2023 or till all quotas have been dispersed.