Amendment to the Electric Power Source Development Promotion Act

This member's bill seeks to grant renewable energy shared grid connection facility operators (SPCs licensed under the Electric Utility Act) the legal status of 'power development business operators' under the Electric Power Source Development Promotion Act. The amendment would enable efficient shared grid infrastructure for large-scale renewable energy complexes by allowing these operators to access streamlined permitting and land acquisition authority, thereby enhancing grid stability and accelerating renewable energy deployment. The bill was discarded on 2026-08-20 after being reflected in a committee alternative.

The current Act provides that only electricity generation business entities, electric transmission business entities, radioactive waste management agencies, etc. are entities that carry out electric power source development projects. However, where multiple electric utility business entities establish a special purpose company (SPC) to construct shared connection facilities and obtain a license as a renewable energy shared connection facilities business entity, the status of an electric power source developer is not granted, which gives rise to legal uncertainty.

As a result, problems may arise such as delays in the construction of shared connection facilities, or increased risks of duplicate investment and disorderly development of the transmission network as electricity generation business entities construct individual connection facilities.

The first paragraphs of the bill's own statement, in KWI's English translation. The full statement and bill text are in the English translation PDF.

1. Received
2. In review
3. Discarded