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Électricité du Liban Net-Metering Mechanism

EDL’s administrative mechanism allows eligible renewable generators to offset electricity imported from the public grid against exported energy under approved metering arrangements.

Operational programme
Last reviewed
Official recordÉlectricité du Liban Net-Metering Mechanism
Legal characterEDL administrative interconnection and billing mechanism
Current readingOperational programme
Scope and applicability

Customer-sited renewable generation connected behind an EDL meter.

Why it matters

It is the practical predecessor to Law 318’s broader net-metering architecture, but its annual renewal, grid availability and application process can constrain bankable use.

Core provisions

The operative ideas to understand before reading the full text.

  1. 01

    Measures imports and renewable exports at an eligible customer connection.

  2. 02

    Offsets exported energy against grid consumption under EDL’s approved accounting arrangement.

  3. 03

    Requires technical acceptance, suitable metering and an available public-grid connection.

Engineering lens

  • Requires bidirectional metering, protection and accepted interconnection.
  • Value is limited when the public grid is unavailable.

Economic and investment lens

  • Offsets billed imports rather than guaranteeing cash purchase.
  • Settlement, tariff and outage patterns determine savings.

From text to operation

Implementation gates

These conditions must be evidenced before treating the instrument as operational for a project, tariff or market transaction.

  1. 1Current EDL approval and meter
  2. 2Technical inspection and connection
  3. 3Published settlement and renewal terms

Documented relationships

  • This instrument precedes the statutory net-metering framework Law 318
  • Linked instrument will regulate successor arrangements ERA

Primary sources

  1. نظام التعداد الصافي - Net Metering Électricité du Liban · Publication date not stated · Arabic · Accessed 16 August 2026Official EDL net-metering record. The mechanism has historically been renewed periodically; operational availability must be checked with EDL.
  2. National Renewable Energy Action Plan 2025-2030 Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation · Published · English · Accessed 16 August 2026
  3. Distributed Renewable Energy Law - Law No. 318/2023 Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation · Published · English · Accessed 16 August 2026
  4. Cabinet adopts the Electricity Regulatory Authority execution framework Ministry of Energy and Water · Published · Arabic · Accessed 16 August 2026