{"id":1373,"date":"2018-08-01T17:52:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T17:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/?page_id=1373"},"modified":"2022-01-07T18:05:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T18:05:00","slug":"4-5-non-conventional-renewable-energy-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/?page_id=1373&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"4.5. Non-Conventional Renewable Energy Law (Law 20.257 and Law 20.698)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/4&#8243;][vc_tta_accordion active_section=\u00bb1&#8243; collapsible_all=\u00bbtrue\u00bb][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=\u00bbfa fa-plus\u00bb add_icon=\u00bbtrue\u00bb title=\u00bbNCRE in Chile\u00bb tab_id=\u00bb1638372901925-a3e8ba3e-14a6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/?page_id=1368&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\">4. The NCRE in the Chilean electricity market<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/?page_id=1369&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\">4.1. General context<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/?page_id=1371&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\">4.2. Definition of means of NCRE generation<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/?page_id=1370&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\">4.3. Overview of stages of project development<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/?page_id=1372&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\">4.4. Regulatory framework<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/?page_id=1373&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\">4.5. NCRE Law<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/?page_id=1374&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\">4.6. Recognition of adequacy power<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/?page_id=1375&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\">4.7. Minimum technical requirements<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"outer\"><span class=\"inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/?page_id=1376&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\">4.8. Information and resources<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00bb3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>4.5. Non-Conventional Renewable Energy Law (Law 20.257 and Law 20.698)<\/h1>\n<p>On April 1, 2008, Law 20.257 entered into force, which established an obligation for electricity companies that a percentage of the energy marketed come from NCRE sources <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Note: In international terminology this model is known as a quota model.\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff; cursor: pointer;\">13<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span> and defined a target of 10% a year 2024. However, in October 2013, this was modified to the goal to 20% by 2025 (Law 20.698 of 2013).<\/p>\n<p>Thus, for contracts concluded after August 31, 2007 and before July 1, 2013 (Law 20.257), the obligation was 5% for the years between 2010 and 2014, increasing by 0.5% per year from 2015 until reaching 10% in 2024. However, for contracts entered into after July 1, 2013 (Law 20.698), the obligation was 5% in 2013, with increases of 1% from 2014 until reaching 12% by 2020, and increases of 1.5% from 2021 to 2024, and an increase of 2% to 2025 to reach 20%. The above requirements are presented in Table 6.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3415 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Table-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Table-6.png 446w, https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Table-6-178x300.png 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/>Other important provisions of these laws are presented below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The electricity company that does not prove compliance with the obligation on March 1 following the corresponding calendar year, must pay a fee, whose amount is 0.4 UTM <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Note: The value of the UTM in December 2020 is $ 51.029, equivalent to US $ 71.7 (considering value of each dollar to $ 711). So, 0.4 UTM \/ MWh is equivalent to US $ 17.29 \/ MWh. The monthly value of the UTM is available online at &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.sii.cl&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;www.sii.cl&lt;\/a&gt;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff; cursor: pointer;\">14<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span> per MWh of deficit in relation to its obligation. If, within the following three years, it again fails to comply with its obligation, the charge is 0.6 UTM for each MWh of deficit.<\/li>\n<li>Any electricity company that exceeds its non-conventional renewable energy injection obligation may agree to the transfer of its surplus to another electric company, which may be done even between companies of different electric systems.<\/li>\n<li>It is important to note that compliance with this law is only valid for NCRE produced by installations that have been connected to the SEN as of January 1, 2007.<\/li>\n<li>It should be noted that the accreditation of NCRE is not limited to projects of less than 20\/40 MW and that hydroelectric plants are a case of private treatment. As an example, for a 100 MW wind farm the recognition is for the total energy injected into the system.<\/li>\n<li>Only for the purposes of the accreditation of the obligation established in the law, are also recognized part of injections from hydroelectric plants whose maximum power is equal to or less than 40 MW, even when hydroelectric projects with a maximum power equal to or greater than 20 MW are not defined as NCRE in the Law. This recognition corresponds to a proportional factor that is null for powers equal to or greater than the indicated power. Figure 25 summarizes the scheme applicable to hydroelectric plants in relation to the recognition of NCRE:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3790 \" src=\"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Figure-25.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Figure-25.png 1134w, https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Figure-25-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Figure-25-1024x656.png 1024w, https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Figure-25-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/mercadoernc.minenergia.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Figure-25-660x423.png 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, it is important to note that if the target is not met due to lack of investments in renewable projects, the Ministry of Energy must to carry out annual public tenders for the provision of non-conventional renewable energy blocks to cover the part of the missing obligation <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Source: Article 150\u00b0 of the LGSE incorporated with &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.bcn.cl\/leychile\/navegar?idNorma=1055402&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Law 20.698&lt;\/a&gt;.\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; cursor: pointer;\">[27]<\/span><\/span>. However, as will be seen in the next section, given the strong non-conventional renewable penetration in Chile, the tender is very likely that it will not be necessary to carry out these bids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion active_section=\u00bb9&#8243; collapsible_all=\u00bbtrue\u00bb][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=\u00bbfa fa-compress\u00bb add_icon=\u00bbtrue\u00bb title=\u00bb4.5.1. Compliance with the NCRE obligation\u00bb tab_id=\u00bbcompliancewiththencreobligation\u00bb][vc_column_text]Non-conventional renewable generation has far exceeded the quota imposed by the regulation, as shown in Figure 26. For example, the NCRE quota for 2020 is 8% for the supply contracts entered into between August 31st 2007 and July 1, 2013 and 12% for contracts signed after July 1, 2013. In December 2020, these obligations resulted in a goal of 5377 GWh of NCRE energy. However, the actual and recognized NCRE injection by law was much higher, reaching 14634 GWh, that is, 272% over what was demanded <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/energiaabierta.cl\/reportes\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Monthly statistical report&lt;\/a&gt;. CNE\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; cursor: pointer;\">[28]<\/span><\/span>. This surplus in relation to the NCRE obligation has resulted in a price collapse of the NCRE attribute, which is no longer a significant source of project financing. Figure 26 presents the annual obligations NCRE and as these have been systematically surpassed in each year.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Figure 26: Compliance with NCRE laws<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"container\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 400px;\"><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Source: Own elaboration from Statistical Yearbook of Energy. CNE<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_btn title=\u00bbPrevious\u00bb color=\u00bbgreen\u00bb align=\u00bbleft\u00bb i_icon_fontawesome=\u00bbfa fa-chevron-left\u00bb add_icon=\u00bbtrue\u00bb link=\u00bburl:https%3A%2F%2Fmercadoernc.minenergia.cl%2F%3Fpage_id%3D1372%26lang%3Den|||\u00bb][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_btn title=\u00bbNext\u00bb color=\u00bbgreen\u00bb align=\u00bbright\u00bb i_icon_fontawesome=\u00bbfa fa-chevron-right\u00bb add_icon=\u00bbtrue\u00bb link=\u00bburl:https%3A%2F%2Fmercadoernc.minenergia.cl%2F%3Fpage_id%3D1374%26lang%3Den|||\u00bb][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/4&#8243;][vc_tta_accordion active_section=\u00bb1&#8243; collapsible_all=\u00bbtrue\u00bb][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=\u00bbfa fa-plus\u00bb add_icon=\u00bbtrue\u00bb title=\u00bbNCRE in Chile\u00bb tab_id=\u00bb1638372901925-a3e8ba3e-14a6&#8243;][vc_column_text] 4. The NCRE in the Chilean electricity market 4.1. General context 4.2. Definition of means of NCRE generation 4.3. Overview of stages of project development 4.4. Regulatory framework 4.5. NCRE Law 4.6. Recognition of adequacy power 4.7. Minimum technical requirements 4.8. 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