This question arises for any owner who has installed a solar power plant, because the analysis of the received funds is an understanding that the plant is working well, and there are no problems with the network and connection.
Settlements with the owners of photovoltaic plants are made in the national currency, but as you know, the green tariff is tied to the euro, how the conversion is done and how often we will consider further.
Conversion to the euro exchange rate is carried out at the end of each quarter to the next, it is established by the National Commission for Regulation of Energy and Communal Services (abbreviated as NKREKP).
For example, let’s calculate the green tariff rate in the first quarter of 2020 for a station that was commissioned in January 2020:
*a list of conventional designations is given below:
GTARIFF – “green” tariff for the date of the NCRECP meeting, kopecks/kWh;
GTARIFF 01.01.2009 – “green” tariff, calculated in accordance with the Law on Electricity, as of January 1, 2009, kopecks/kWh;
N€ mid – the average official exchange rate of the hryvnia against the euro, established by the National Bank of Ukraine for the last 30 calendar days preceding the meeting date of the NCRECP, UAH;
N€01.01.2009 – hryvnia exchange rate against the euro, officially established by the National Bank of Ukraine as of January 1, 2009, UAH;
K is the coefficient of the “green tariff” for electric energy produced by the corresponding type of generating plant.
The coefficient of the green tariff for such a station is equal to 3.02 according to the law on alternative energy; the average exchange rate of the euro during the last 30 calendar days until December 24, 2019 is UAH 2,631.213 per 100 euros; as of January 1, 2009, 100 euros cost UAH 1,085.55, so the formula will look like this:
G_TARIFF 01.01.2009=K*58.64;
G_TARIFF=G_TARIFF 01.01.2009 N€ Mid / N€_01.01.2009 =3.02*58.64 *2631.213/1085.55= 429.24 penny.
NKREKP gives a slightly different value – 427.93 penny. per kilowatt-hour. Taking into account rounding, an error of one and a half kopecks can be considered acceptable 😊

Changes in the green tariff from 2020:
1) The coefficient of the green tariff for private solar power plants commissioned in the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2024 has been reduced by 10% compared to the previous value.
2) The change in the coefficient directly affected the value of the “green tariff”: 16 eurocents per kilowatt-hour excluding taxes.
*the specified changes do not apply to stations that were put into operation earlier.
In addition to the above-mentioned corrections, the green tariff was recalculated quarterly to the euro exchange rate, currently we have the following green tariff rates for stations with a capacity of up to 30 kW in hryvnia:
from April 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014 – 943.71 kopecks/kWh (without VAT);
from January 1, 2015 to June 30, 2015 – 848.78 kopecks/kWh (without VAT);
from July 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 – 527.12 kopecks/kWh (without VAT);
from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 – 500.20 kopecks/kWh (without VAT);
from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019 – 476.11 kopecks/kWh (without VAT);
from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2024 – 427.93 kopecks/kWh (without VAT)”.

In the next article, we will consider in detail the formula for calculating the “green tariff” rate using a specific example.

In fact, the procedure for obtaining a green tariff for a private household is quite simple, we will tentatively highlight 4 points:

1. Construction of a solar power plant;
2. Submission of an application-notification to the energy supply company about the installation of the SPP;
3. Verification by an authorized person of discrepancies between the actual structure and the information submitted in the application;
   If there are no comments, the next step is to arrange the accounting node, if it is easier – to replace the counter with a bidirectional one;
4. After setting up the metering node and confirming the transmission of electricity to the network, the energy supply company prepares a contract for the “purchase and sale of electricity at a green tariff”.

What “pitfalls” await the owner of the FES when connecting the green tariff? Where can I get acquainted with the list of documents that must be attached to the application-notification? How long does it take to get a contract? We will understand in the next article.