Notification of basic information

– Notification of basic information must be submitted to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), including the information of facilities and their owners, the person in charge of safety management, etc.

– Examples of items to be notified: the name of the operator and its representative, type, output scale and location of the electric facility, the name of the person in charge of safety management (including information on contractors) and frequency of inspections

– For existing facilities with FIT approvals, notification of basic information is not required

– For existing facilities without FIT approvals, notification must be made within six months of the enforcement of the revised Act.

– Existing facilities that fall under the following must be reported regardless of FIT approvals (1) When there is a change in the items of basic information (2) When the facilities no longer fall under the category of small-scale commercial electric facilities (including abolition)

Notification of preoperational selfinspection

– The scope of regulation has been expanded: PV systems of 10 – <500 kW and wind power generation facilities of < 20 kW are also obliged to conduct the pre-operational self-inspection

– Although existing facilities are not subject to the new requirements, the following modifications (especially structural modifications, etc. due to the addition of PV modules) require notification of the results of the pre-operational self-inspection (1) Addition of ≥10 kW or replacement including supporting structure for a facility with a total output of <2,000 kW. (2) Only replacement of PV modules of ≥10 kW and ≥5 % of the output capacity for a facility with a total output of <2,000 kW (3) Change in the strength of the supporting structure for a facility with a total output of 10 – <2,000 kW, etc.