Capacity charge started to be introduced to companies using rooftop solar panels with synchronization to the national grid.  This has raised concerns and disappointment among some companies in the Royal Group Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone.  As the zone developer, we felt need to organize a meeting for 8 companies who have been using or have planned to install rooftop solar panels in order to have a direct Q&A session with the power supply company in the zone.

On 27 January, the 8 companies participated in the meeting, and all have common concerns on the capacity charge which is a huge obstacle for their goal to use green energy in order to attain carbon neutral, since electricity cost would increase by this capacity charge compared with the current cost.

While global trend is to increase more renewable energy which is less impacts to the environment, this capacity charge is thought to go on the opposite direction.  The meeting could not settle this issue due to the fact that it involves decision from the government’s policy making level, but it was agreed that this issue shall be raised in various other national-level meetings by collaborating with other private sectors.