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Law No. 318/2023 - Distributed Renewable Energy

Creates a legal framework for distributed renewable generation, net metering and new electricity-exchange or contracting arrangements.

Under implementation
Last reviewed
Official recordLaw No. 318/2023 - Distributed Renewable Energy
Legal characterDistributed renewable-energy market law
Current readingUnder implementation
Scope and applicability

Distributed renewable systems up to the statutory threshold, net metering, direct renewable transactions, leasing and wheeling arrangements.

Why it matters

It can convert widespread behind-the-meter solar into a regulated distributed-energy market, but secondary rules are still being prepared.

Core provisions

The operative ideas to understand before reading the full text.

  1. 01

    Establishes the legal basis for distributed renewable-energy production.

  2. 02

    Recognises net metering in its different forms.

  3. 03

    Provides for peer-to-peer renewable-energy trading through direct power-purchase agreements and renewable-equipment leasing.

Engineering lens

  • Requires compliant interconnection, metering, protection and grid-use procedures.
  • Makes hosting capacity, power quality and settlement data central to operation.

Economic and investment lens

  • Creates potential self-consumption, collective-metering, direct-PPA and wheeling value streams.
  • Wheeling fees, settlement rules and credit allocation determine bankability.

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. 1ERA regulations and EDL procedures
  2. 2Approved metering and settlement architecture
  3. 3Wheeling tariffs, grid capacity and standard contracts

Verified claims

Parliament ratified Law 318 on 14 December 2023, establishing distributed renewable-energy arrangements including net metering and peer-to-peer or direct power purchase models.

law · exact · high confidence · as of 2026-08-16

Law 318 remains under implementation: a 2026 UNDP procurement seeks the secondary rules and procedures needed for operation under the ERA and EDL.

regulatory-action · exact · high confidence · as of 2026-08-16
Caveat: The law is in force; not all transactional mechanisms should be treated as operational.

Documented relationships

  • Linked instrument will regulate distributed energy ERA
  • Linked instrument plans implementation NREAP 2025-2030
  • Linked instrument precedes the statutory net-metering framework EDL net metering
  • Linked instrument sets equipment-conformity baseline for Solar standards

Updates affecting this record

Cabinet adopts the ERA execution frameworkIFI publishes a distributed-renewables pathways briefUNDP tenders support for operationalizing Law 318

Primary sources

  1. Distributed Renewable Energy Law - Law No. 318/2023 Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation · Published · English · Accessed 16 August 2026
  2. Operationalization of Law 318/2023 under the ERA and EDL United Nations Development Programme · Published · English · Accessed 16 August 2026
  3. Cabinet adopts the Electricity Regulatory Authority execution framework Ministry of Energy and Water · Published · Arabic · Accessed 16 August 2026
  4. National Renewable Energy Action Plan 2025-2030 Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation · Published · English · Accessed 16 August 2026
  5. 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.
  6. Decree No. 6997/2020 - Mandatory Solar Standards Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation · Published · Arabic · Accessed 16 August 2026Official LCEC publication and decree download for mandatory Lebanese solar thermal and photovoltaic standards.