Tunisia introduces new rules for self-consumption, net metering

The new regulatory framework includes the option to sell electricity to large energy consumers through bilateral PPAs. Tunisia has issued a decree that will allow private companies to produce renewable energy for self-consumption purposes, with excess power to be sold to Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas (STEG) under net metering rules, in addition to the right to sell electricity to large energy consumers, PV-magazine reports The authorities did not specify the maximum limit for the sale of surplus power. The new rules set out the conditions under which national…