Solar power purchase price Reduced by 3 yen to 21 yen for 1 kWh hour February 16 at 16:29
In the new fiscal year and Reiwa 2 fiscal year, the price of a major power company purchasing surplus power from a newly installed residential solar power generation system was 21 yen per kilowatt hour, which is 3 yen less than this year. . The aim is to curb the increase in the burden on household electricity bills, which is half the value of eight years ago when the current system started.
Electricity generated by renewable energy such as solar power is obliged to be purchased by a major power company at a fixed price determined every year for a certain period of time, and the cost required for purchase is added to the electricity price .
On the 4th, at a meeting of experts held by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the purchase price from newly established homes and business establishments in the new fiscal year and Reiwa 2 was approved.
As a result, solar power generation for houses with a power generation capacity of less than 10 kilowatts will be set at 21 yen per kilowatt hour, a reduction of 3 yen from this year.
This is exactly half the price of when we started buying at 42 yen under the current system eight years ago.
For commercial use, solar power generation with a power generation capacity of 10 kWh or more and less than 50 kWh will be reduced by 1 yen from now to 13 yen per 1 kWh.
With the spread of photovoltaic power generation, the cost added to the electricity rate has risen to over 9000 yen per year for households with standard usage.
For this reason, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry wants to reduce the burden on households by lowering the purchase price.