AMMAN — According to
Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission spokesperson Tahrir
Al-Qaq, the commission had asked all electricity distribution companies to
inform citizens who are entitled to the subsidy to register on the pertinent
platform immediately so that they pay their electricity bills according to the
new, subsidized tariff.
اضافة اعلان
The commission said that the old billing system has
been canceled by the distribution companies, and the new billing system was
adopted, based on the tariff approved by the government.
At the same time, it stressed that there is no going
back on the decision to charge JD2 per kilowatt/capacity for photovoltaic
systems exceeding 3.6 kilowatt/capacity. Subsidies have been approved for
systems whose capacity is less than 3.6 kilowatts, which constitute 85 percent
of the total renewable energy systems registered in Jordan.
Investor in renewable energy system
Firas Balasmeh
told
Jordan News that imposing the JD2 tariff is reasonable, especially in the
case of large systems, as the aim is to support the industrial sector, hotels,
and large facilities.
He stressed that the maintenance cost of the grid
fed by renewable energy producers is very high, and “citizens use the
electricity network 14 to 16 hours daily”.
Balasmeh believes that rumors and citizens’ lack of
sufficient understanding of this issue made many refrain from installing
renewable energy systems, adding that citizens should be told that the JD2 tax
per kilowatt is levied to compensate for the use of the Jordanian electricity
network.
He said citizens are advised to install renewable
energy systems to offset the expected “significant rise in food prices”.
President of Renewable Energy Establishments Society
(REES) Mohammad Dado told
Jordan News that the decision to charge JD2 per
kilowatt/capacity will negatively affect companies that install renewable
systems and may lead higher installation fees on this system later on.
Dado also said that the tax makes citizens distrust
the legislation, and that the owners of the companies dealing in renewable
energy have been negatively affected as many contracts were canceled due to the
additional fee.
He noted that the price of the system itself was not
affected by the decision, as it is linked to the cost of materials and labor, but
that the cost of sustaining the electricity grid has grown for the citizen.
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