In accordance with the Electricity Act 1999, Cap 145, Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited, the holder of System Operator license was designated by the Electricity Regulatory Authority to publish standardized tariffs for sales to the grid of electricity generated by renewable energy systems of up to a maximum capacity of 20MW.
The applicable feed-in-tariffs by the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited, in consultation with the Electricity Regulatory Authority are shown in the table A1 and A2:
Technology | Tariff (US$)/kWh | O&M %age | Cummulative Capacity Limits (MW) | Payment Period (Years) | |||
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||||
Hydro (9 ><= 20 MW) | 0.085 | 7.61% | 30 | 90 | 135 | 180 | 20 |
Hydro (1 ><= 9 MW | Linear tariff1 | 7.24% | 30 | 75 | 105 | 135 | 20 |
Hydro (500kW ><= 1 MW) | 0.115 | 7.08% | 1 | 2 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 20 |
Bagasse | 0.095 | 22.65% | 30 | 70 | 95 | 120 | 20 |
Biomass (MSW) | 0.103 | 16.23% | 5 | 15 | 25 | 45 | 20 |
Biogas | 0.115 | 19.23% | 5 | 15 | 25 | 45 | 20 |
Landfill gas | 0.089 | 19.71% | 0 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 20 |
Geothermal | 0.077 | 4.29% | 10 | 30 | 50 | 75 | 20 |
Wind | 0.124 | 6.34% | 25 | 75 | 100 | 150 | 20 |
Note: REFiT excludes the top-up premium for projects that qualify under GETFiT programme. 1 Computed as a regressive allocation of costs with increase in plant size as shown in Table A2 |