#ECOR2609281AFrance Updates Eligibility Rules for Small Rooftop Solar Power Purchase Contracts
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This order tightens and clarifies the rules for solar photovoltaic installations on buildings, sheds, and shade structures that can benefit from regulated electricity purchase conditions in mainland France. It mainly affects rooftop and similar solar projects up to 500 kW, including very small installations of 9 kW or less. Projects now need to meet general siting criteria, use a qualified or certified installer, and have metering that clearly separates the electricity produced by the eligible installation. Installations up to 9 kW are eligible only when they sell surplus electricity after self-consumption, not when they sell all production under this scheme.
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Key Changes
- Adds general siting criteria as a condition for eligibility under the solar electricity purchase scheme.
- Requires eligible installations to be installed by a qualified or certified installer.
- Limits installations of 9 kW or less to surplus-sale models and requires separate metering of the eligible installation’s production.
Obligations
What this law requires
Solar photovoltaic installations seeking eligibility under the regulated purchase conditions must comply with the general siting criteria defined in Annex 2 of the amended order.
Solar photovoltaic installations seeking eligibility under the regulated purchase conditions must be installed by an installer who is qualified or certified in accordance with Annex 5 of the amended order.
Photovoltaic installations with installed capacity of 9 kWc or less are eligible under the order only if operated under sale with injection of surplus electricity after self-consumption; full sale of all production is not eligible under this scheme.
An eligible installation must have a grid operator metering device capable of measuring the electricity produced by that installation alone, excluding electricity injected by any other production installation and net of electricity self-consumed in an individual self-consumption operation.
An installation eligible under the order must not be located behind the same grid connection point as another production installation that also participates in an individual self-consumption operation under Article L.315-1 of the Energy Code.