Official recordLaw No. 129/2019 - Reactivation and Extension of Law 288/2014
Legal characterReactivation and procurement bridge
Current readingExpired
2019-2022 temporary licensing and procurement bridge.
Why it matters
The eleven solar licences approved in 2022 relied on this interim legal pathway, but the general temporary authority subsequently expired.
Core provisions
The operative ideas to understand before reading the full text.
- 01
Reactivated the interim authority associated with Law 288.
- 02
Extended it from April 2019 to April 2022.
- 03
Added a procurement route used in the utility-scale solar licensing process.
Engineering lens
- Supported project-specific licensing before ERA operation.
- Grid, land and environmental readiness remained separate project conditions.
Economic and investment lens
- Enabled procurement and tariff negotiation for the solar cohort.
- Expiry requires careful review of surviving project rights and contracts.
From text to operation
Implementation gates
These conditions must be evidenced before treating the instrument as operational for a project, tariff or market transaction.
- 1Cabinet licensing within the statutory window
- 2Project-specific procurement and PPA
- 3Continuing validity of acquired rights
Verified claims
The Cabinet approved eleven 15 MW solar photovoltaic licences in May 2022, for 165 MW in total.
Documented relationships
- This instrument provides licensing route Solar licences
- This instrument reactivates and extends Law 288
Primary sources
- Parliamentary proceedings on the extension of Law 288/2014 Lebanese Parliament · Published · Arabic · Accessed 16 August 2026
- National Renewable Energy Action Plan 2025-2030 Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation · Published · English · Accessed 16 August 2026
- Cabinet approves 11 solar photovoltaic licences Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation · Published · English · Accessed 16 August 2026