PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of September 9, 2022 No. UP-220

About additional measures for implementation of energy-saving technologies and development of renewable energy resources of low power

For the purpose of implementation of mechanisms of the state support of wide use by the population and subjects of entrepreneurship of renewable energy resources, providing them with electrical and heat energy by means of these sources, and also stimulation of effective use of energy resources in buildings and constructions of administrative household purpose:

1. Determine the directions of the state support of wide use of renewable energy resources:

financial stimulation of acquisition by the population and subjects of entrepreneurship of installations of renewable energy resources;

realization of address measures for use of alternative energy sources in buildings and constructions of administrative household purpose, including in settlements and households;

the broadest attraction of private investments into industry by increase in attractiveness of business projects on construction of micro and small hydroelectric power stations;

full support of the subjects of entrepreneurship who are engaged in production of installations of solar and wind power stations, and also small hydroelectric power stations.

2. For the purpose of support of wide use of renewable energy resources to determine that since October 1, 2022:

physical persons (further - consumers) are given opportunity of acquisition of installations solar and windfarms and solar water-heating devices (further - installations of renewable energy resources) made in the republic with payment by installments without percent within 3 years at the expense of means of Off-budget cross-industry fund of energy saving in case of the Department of Energy (further - Fund);

part of the expenses of the consumers who paid all-in cost, acquired and which established installations of renewable energy resources is compensated for the account of fund in the amount of agrees to appendices No. No. 1 and 2 to this Decree;

consumers are given payment opportunity by installments or compensation amount deduction from final retail price in case of acquisition of installations of renewable energy resources directly at domestic production enterprises, the companies rendering services of delivery, installation and start (further - the production and service enterprises), on domestic objects of retail trade, including by means of instruments of electronic commerce.

3. To provide to the Ministry of Finance till the end of 2022 allocation Fonda of means in the amount of 100 billion sum from the Government budget according to its reasonable requests for financing of expenses, the stipulated in Item 2 presents of the Decree.

To Department of Energy together with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economic Development and reducings poverty, and also the Ministry of development of information technologies and communications in ten-day time to introduce to the Cabinet of Ministers the draft of the resolution on implementation of payment mechanisms by installments and compensations, the stipulated in Item 2 presents of the Decree.

At the same time to provide implementation of processes of mutual cooperation of the production and service enterprises and Fund by means of the Electronic platform of development of renewable energy resources, and also possibility of maintaining rating of the production and service enterprises on quality and level of assurance of the works performed by them and estimates by consumers of activities of these companies on this platform.

4. For the purpose of effective use of energy resources in buildings and constructions of administrative household purpose to the Cabinet of Ministers (A. N. Aripov) in ten-day time to approve the Plan of measures for achievement of target indicators for 2022-2023 providing:

implementation of alternative energy sources more than on 34 thousand objects, including 619 arrays of "Yangi Uzbekiston" and more than 28 thousand households, in regions;

bringing to 30 percent of share of alternative energy sources of energy consumption more than on 6 thousand objects by the ministries and departments.

At the same time for the purpose of ensuring achievement of target indicators to permit the ministries and departments:

acquire and establish installations of renewable energy resources at the expense of means of off-budget funds;

allocate the funds saved for the expenditure account on the electric power for the expenses connected with acquisition and installation of installations of renewable energy resources in 2023 - 2025.

5. To Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, khokimiyats of areas and city of Tashkent:

provide installation to the needing families included in "Iron notebook", installations of renewable energy resources (from calculation one unit of installation of solar photo-electric power plant with capacity to 1 kW and (or) one unit of the solar water-heating device in amount at least 100 liters on each household) in 2022 - at the expense of additional sources of local budgets, in 2023 - at the expense of the means provided in parameters of local budgets on these actions (in 2022 - to 20 percent of the needing families, in 2023 - to 80 percent);

when forming parameters of local budgets for 2023 to provide the means necessary for the actions determined by this subitem.

6. Establish procedure according to which:

a) To the Regional Power Networks joint-stock company and body authorized by the state to conduct function (power) procurement of electrical energy, the purchase opportunity, at the request of consumers, excesses of the electrical energy (in the amount of 80 percent of the rate established for the II tariff customer group) made at solar, wind and biogas power plants by capacity to 1 MW established by physical persons and legal entities for own needs within at least ten years is given.

At the same time excess of production capacity of solar, wind and biogas power plants by capacity to 1 MW established by consumers - physical persons and legal entities for own needs, over the maximum capacity, specified, received by these consumers at the regional companies of power supply is not allowed;

b) legal entities whose main activities is production of installations of solar, wind power stations and small hydroelectric power stations including the new legal entities who are engaged in such activities created during the period till September 1, 2025 pay the income tax of legal entities and the property tax of legal entities in the amount of 50 percent of their established rates within three years since day of passing of state registration by them as the subject of entrepreneurship;

c) since January 1, 2023:

during the designing and putting into operation of all (including state and private) the under construction new and reconstructed organizations of education, health care, culture and tourism, public catering, subjects to rendering services, sports complexes, apartment apartment houses connected to local systems of heat supply including arrays of "Yangi Uzbekiston", and also buildings and constructions of all shopping centers which total area exceeds one thousand square meters, the requirement of providing covering at least 25 percent of amount of consumption of hot water by installation of solar water-heating devices on the listed objects is introduced;

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