Application process
Understand the application process and documents required for the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Scheme.
How to apply
This online application form takes about 10 minutes to complete. Before you begin, please prepare a copy of your:
- HKID Card, Passport or Business Registration Certificate;
- Renewable energy (RE) system's preliminary layout plan clearly marked on an aerial photograph of the proposed location(s) for installation of the RE systems and FiT meter (PDF);
- RE system’s preliminary information and single-line electrical diagram (PDF);
- Duly completed and signed consent form for electrical installation works (Sample of village houses or small houses; Sample of high rise building) (if applicable) (PDF);
- Video showing the independent staircase/access route leading to the RE systems and the FiT meter (if applicable).
Please click here to check the documents that you are required to submit during online application.
- Please be sure to provide register customer’s contact information (i.e., name, phone number and email address) under Section 1 of “Register Customer Information” in the application form and confirm that all the details are accurate before submitting your application. We will use them for communicating with you on your application status and FiT-related matters.
- We can only process your application after we receive all of the required documents. If you do not have your RE system’s documents on hand, please approach your contractor or engineering contact.
- The application process will terminate automatically if it is not completed within the applicable validity period as defined in Section 5.5 of the Feed-in Tariff Scheme Terms and Conditions.
- By applying, you automatically agree to our terms and conditions (PDF).
- You can click here to track your application progress.
What happens next
Acknowledgement
Once you submit FiT application with all of the required documents, we will send you an email to confirm that we have started processing your application.
We will send you an Acknowledgement Letter once we confirm that you are eligible. This letter confirms your provisional tariff rate and generation capacity.
Technical assessment
To ensure that your RE system and electrical installations comply with the technical guidelines, we will ask you to submit:
- Operation Procedure for RE system (DOCX)
- Major equipment catalogues (e.g. PV panel, inverter)
Once we have fully reviewed your Feed-in Tariff application, we will inform you of the review result.
- Please do not install your RE system until you receive your review result.
- Please submit the Operation Procedure within 2 months of our request.
Tests and installation
Once you install your RE system, you must submit:
- Testing and Commissioning Report (DOCX)
- Standard RE & FiT Telemetry Pre-commissioning Report (for RE system with generation capacity of over 200 kW) (PDF)
- Signed Work Completion Certificate (WR1)
- FiT Project Cost Form (PDF)
- Payment receipt of Generating Facility Registration issued by EMSD if RE system is required to registered under Cap. 406 of the Laws of Hong Kong
- You should employ and arrange a qualified Registered Electrical Contractor (REC) to conduct the required tests.
- Please submit the Testing and Commissioning Report within 3 months of our request.
Grid connection
If we accept your Testing and Commissioning Report, we will:
- Witness onsite tests of your RE system;
- Install a smart meter for your RE system if all required tests have been completed and we agree for the RE system to be connected to our grid.
Your REC should be present for the onsite test and smart meter installation. Once your RE system is successfully connected to our grid, we will send you a Completion Letter. The letter confirms your RE system’s FiT rate and commencement date.
You can log in to the CLP website or CLP Power Mobile App to check your RE system’s generation data after completion of communication network and smart meter installation.
Feed-in Tariff payments
You will receive FiT payments throughout the project life of your RE system or until 2033, whichever is earlier. You can check your FiT payments through your Feed-in Tariff bill (PDF).
By default, FiT payments will be used to offset your electricity bill. If you have additional credits, you can:
- Use them to pay for your next bill; or
- Collect them from your electricity account. Once your additional credits reach HK$150 or more, you can request for payment via the following methods:
1. Cheque: We will make the cheque payable to the electricity account holder; or
2. Bank Transfer: Only exclusive for the customers who have activated bank autopay for electricity bills and eBill. The name of bank account holder and the registered CLP electricity account holder must be the same.
