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Portugal
2008
Management System of Intensive Energy Consumption
…as well as submit as biennial execution and progress reports. Upon DGEG's approval, as the competent authority that supervises and inspects the SGCIEs operation, the PREn become a Rationalization Agreement for Energy Consumption (ARCE). The ARCE provides facility operators with excise dutiy exemptions (ISP) on oil and energy products (coal, oil coke, fuel oil and oil gases), as well as possibility to apply for incentives on energy audit costs and on investments in energy management and monitoring equipment. Exemptions in excise duties are foreseen in the national budget for fuels used either by consumers committed to the reduction of…
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Policy
Germany
1991
Electricity Feed-In Law of 1991 ("Stromeinspeisungsgesetz")
…larger than 500 kW, but smaller than 5 MW, received 65% of the mean specific revenues. The law did not cover plants larger than 5 MEW. The premium prices or tariffs decreased after 1996. This was because electricity prices had declined due to the phasing out of the coal levy ("Kohlepfennig"), and later due to the liberalisation of power markets. Thus, most generation facilities based on renewable energy sources that existed at the time of introduction of the Electricity Feed-In Law were excluded. It was then ensured that mainly new facilities would benefit from the law. The duration of…
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Policy
Poland
2005
Quota Obligation and Certificate of Origin Trading System
…using the certificates of origin, which prices are determined by the market. Certificates can be traded on the Polish Power Stock Exchange. Failure to obtain and present to the authorities of the green certificates results in paying a substitution fee that is set annually by ERO and is tied to an average price for electricity generated from coal in Poland. Failure to pay the fee results in further financial penalties. The Decree specifies that the costs of purchasing of the certificates or paying the fee can be passed on in the electricity price charged, though the Decree limits this amount.
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