# Commission Decision of 30 June 2009 establishing a template for National Renewable Energy Action Plans under Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2009) 5174) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/548/EC), Division: Financial support

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Financial support can be classified in various ways. Examples are financial support for investment, capital grants, low interest loans, tax exemptions or reductions, tax refunds, tender schemes, renewable energy obligations with or without green certificates (tradable green certificates), feed-in tariffs, feed-in premiums, voluntary schemes.
For any scheme you use, please give a detailed description answering the following questions?
(a) What is the name and a short description of the scheme?
(b) Is it a voluntary or obligatory scheme?
(c) Who manages the scheme? (Implementing body, monitoring authority)
(d) What are the measures taken to ensure availability of necessary budget/funding to achieve the national target?
(e) How is long-term security and reliability addressed by the scheme?
(f) Is the scheme periodically revised? What kind of feed-back or adjustment mechanism exists? How has the scheme been optimised so far?
(g) Does support differ according to technology?
(h) What are the expected impacts in terms of energy production?
(i) Is support conditional on meeting energy efficiency criteria?
(j) Is it an existing measure? Could you please indicate national legislation regulating it?
(k) Is this a planned scheme? When would it be operational?
(l) What start and end dates (duration) are set for the whole scheme?
(m) Are there maximum or minimum sizes of system which are eligible?
(n) Is it possible for the same project to be supported by more than one support measure? Which measures can be cumulated?
(o) Are there regional/local schemes? If so, please detail using the same criteria.
Specific questions for financial support for investment:
(a) What is granted by the scheme? (subsidies, capital grants, low interest loans, tax exemption or reduction, tax refunds)
(b) Who can benefit from this scheme? Is it specified for certain technology(/ies)?
(c) Are applications continuously received and granted or are there periodical calls? If periodical, could you please describe the frequency and conditions?
Specific questions for tradable certificates:
(a) Is there an obliged share of electricity produced from renewable sources in the total supply?
(b) Who has the obligation?
(c) Are there technology-specific bands?
(d) Which technologies are covered by the scheme?
(e) Is international trade in certificates allowed? What are the conditions?
(f) Is there a floor bottom price?
(g) Is there a penalty for non-fulfilment?
(h) What is the average price for certificates? Is it made public? Where?
(i) What is the trading scheme for certificates?
(j) How long can a plant participate in the scheme?
Specific questions for feed-in fixed tariffs:
(a) What are the conditions to get the fixed tariff?
(b) Is there a cap on the total volume of electricity produced per year or of installed capacity that is entitled to the tariff?
(c) Is it a technology specific scheme? What are the tariff levels for each?
(d) Are there other criteria differentiating tariffs?
(e) For how long is the fixed tariff guaranteed?
(f) Is there any tariff adjustment foreseen in the scheme?
Specific questions for feed-in premiums:
(a) What are the conditions to get the premium?
(b) Is there a cap on the total volume of electricity produced per year or of installed capacity that is entitled to the premium?
(c) Is it an alternative to fixed tariff?
(d) Is it a technology-specific scheme? What are the premium levels for each?
(e) Is there a floor and/or a cap for the premium? Please specify.
(f) For how long is the premium price guaranteed?
(g) Is any tariff adjustment foreseen in the scheme?
Specific questions for tendering:
(a) What is the frequency and size of the tenders?
(b) Which technologies are specified?
(c) Is it integrated with grid development?

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/548/annex/division/4/division/4.3/division/2 (the official version)
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