Reasons for Proposal
While the annual distribution target for renewable energy has been exceeded and is smoothly in progress, wind power generators must have individually conducted site discovery, secured residents’ acceptance, and performed complicated and intricate authorization and permission procedures, so the distribution of wind power is delayed. To realize the national goal of carbon neutrality and achieve the target for wind power distribution without a setback, it is urgent to introduce an innovative system that breaks away from the existing wind power generation distribution method.
Therefore, this Act aims to promote the distribution of wind power generation and, at the same time, contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the power generation sector and the realization of carbon neutrality by requiring the government to take the initiative in discovering sites and stipulating the administrative procedures necessary to support the entire process of wind power generation, including various consultations, authorization, and permission for environmentally friendly power generation districts that have secured residents’ acceptance.
Details
A. Aim to expand the distribution of wind power generation and contribute to the reduction of GHGs in the power generation sector and the realization of carbon neutrality by stipulating integrated administrative procedures on the installation of wind power equipment and the creation of wind power complexes (Article 1).
B. Establishment of a wind power generation committee to deliberate and resolve wind power generation related matters and a wind power generation steering group to support it
1) Establish a wind power generation committee under the Prime Minister to deliberate and resolve matters related to wind power generation, such as the designation of districts under consideration, the selection of a project implementer, the designation of a power generation districts, and the approval of an implementation plan (Article 5).
2) The committee shall establish a wind power generation steering group in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy to efficiently support wind power generation duties (Article 8).
C. Designation of districts under consideration using site information networks and environment-friendly power generation districts based on securing residents’ acceptance
1) The committee shall build and operate site information networks for wind power and, by using them, designate districts under consideration after the deliberation and decision of the committee and establish a basic design (Articles 9 through 11).
2) The Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy may request an electric transmission business entity to install common connection equipment for the power generation district over a certain size, and an electric transmission business entity may charge an electricity generation business entity for service fees (Article 12).
3) The Minister of Environment and the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries (only for projects affecting the sea) shall introduce and perform a pre-environmental survey for the districts subject to a basic design. For the sea, it is considered that a strategic environmental impact assessment is deemed to be performed by a pre-environmental survey (Article 13).
4) Mayor, Do Governor, or head of the Si/Gun/Gu shall compose and operate a public-private council for securing residents’ acceptance for a basic design and notify the committee of the results (Article 14).
5) The committee shall deliberate and make decisions on designating the part or all of a district under consideration that has been consulted by a public-private council as a power generation district, and in that case, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy shall designate it as a power generation district (Article 15).
D. Selection of an electricity generation business entity that has power generation capability, approval of an implementation plan for a power generation district, and its related deemed authorization, permission, etc.
1) The Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy may select an electricity generation business entity that has power generation capability after deliberation and the decision of the committee (Article 17).
2) A power generation business entity shall establish an implementation plan for a power generation project and obtain approval from the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy after the deliberation and decision of the committee (Article 18).
3) Based on the consultation results of a pre-environmental survey and strategic environmental impact assessment, the committee may deliberate and decide whether to conduct an environmental impact assessment with the opinions of the Minister of Environment and the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries (only for projects affecting the sea) (Article 19).
4) Based on the results of a pre-environmental survey, the committee may deliberate and decide whether to conduct a sea area utilization impact assessment with the opinion of the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries (Article 20).
5) It is deemed as if authorization, permission, etc., under other Acts are made when a power generation business entity receives approval of its implementation plan for a power generation district (Article 21).
E. Time of the application of the Act and transitional measures (Addenda)
1) The time of the application of this Act shall be effective for 10 years after the enforcement (Article 2 of Addenda).
2) A complex designated as a cluster under Article 27 (1) 2 of the Act on the Promotion of the Development, Use and Diffusion of New and Renewable Energy at the time of the enforcement of this Act shall be deemed a designated power generation district under Article 15 of this Act (Article 4 of Addenda).
3) A power generation business entity that has obtained permission in an area designated as a power generation district under Article 15 of this Act under Article 7 (1) of the Electricity Utility Act before the enforcement date shall be considered as a power generation business entity selected pursuant to Article 17 of this Act (Article 5 of Addenda).
