On March 20, the National Energy Administration issued a notice on further organizing and implementing the "Thousands of Households Bathing in the Light Action".
The notice requires that in the organization and implementation of the "Thousands of households to bathe in light action", the role of the market should be given full play to fully respect the wishes of farmers, and the implementation of the work should be carried out without compromise, to create a distributedphotovoltaic (e.g. cell)Power generation market-oriented, rule of law business environment, shall not designate the main business, shall not be mandatory supporting industries, shall not be franchised and other ways of monopoly development, shall not infringe on the interests of farmers, to promote the healthy and orderly development of distributed photovoltaic. Dispatched agencies of the National Energy Administration, together with local energy authorities and power grid enterprises, will strengthen the supervision of the implementation of the "Thousands of Households Bathing Light Actions", receive relevant complaints and reflections in a timely manner, and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all parties.
This time, a total of 56 counties (cities and districts) are on the list to fully realize the objectives of the pilot work.
For the original text, see below:
Notice of the Comprehensive Department of the National Energy Administration on Further Organizing and Implementing the "Thousands of Households Bathing in the Light" Initiative
National Energy Zongtong Xinneng [2025] No. 44
Provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) Energy Bureau, the relevant provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Administration of the dispatching agencies, the State Grid Corporation Limited, China Southern Power Grid Company Limited, Inner Mongolia Electric Power (Group) Co:
In 2021, the National Energy Administration organized to carry out the whole county (city, district) rooftop distributed photovoltaic development pilot work since the provincial energy authorities to organize the pilot areas to optimize the policy and business environment, improve the grid support and service capacity, and actively promote the construction of various types of rooftop distributed photovoltaic power generation projects, the pilot work has achieved the expected results, 56 counties (cities, districts) to fully achieve the pilot work objectives (the list is attached) ). In order to further implement the "CPC Central Committee State Council on further deepening rural reform and solidly promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside views" (China Development [2025] No. 1) spirit, and further promote the development and utilization of distributed renewable energy in rural areas, is now on the further organization and implementation of the "Thousands of households to bathe in the light of the action," the relevant matters are notified as follows.
First, the competent energy department of each province (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) should fully understand the significance of rural distributed photovoltaic power generation in promoting the rural energy revolution, promoting farmers' income generation and rural revitalization, conscientiously summarize and promote the good experience and good practices of the whole county's distributed photovoltaic rooftop development pilot, mobilize all kinds of investment bodies, innovate the development and utilization of scenarios, investment and construction modes, and the revenue-sharing mechanism. On the basis of the existing work, adapt to the new situation and new requirements, further strengthen the organization and leadership, and carry out the "Thousands of Households Bathing Light Action" in depth.
Second, the competent energy department of each province (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) shall, in conjunction with the "Thousands of Households to Shower the Light Action", conscientiously implement the relevant provisions of the "Measures for the Administration of Development and Construction of Distributed Photovoltaic Power Generation", further refine and standardize the procedures for the filing, construction and connection to the grid of rural distributed photovoltaic power generation projects in accordance with the local conditions and guide the competent energy department of each province. It will guide the local energy authorities to do a good job in connecting the "Thousands of Households Bathing Light Action" with the development planning of energy and electric power, to coordinate and balance the development needs of various types of new energy sources, and to guide the rural distributed PV in accordance with the carrying capacity of the electric power grid for scientific layout, orderly development, nearby access and local consumption, and to organize the electric power grid enterprises and the relevant parties to strengthen the supporting grid renovation and upgrading and other measures to enhance the consumption capacity in accordance with the actual needs. other measures to enhance the consumption capacity, to ensure the healthy and sustainable development of distributed PV in rural areas. Grid enterprises shall optimize their internal workflow, establish green channels, provide "one-stop" processing services, strengthen the investment and construction of rural power grids and upgrade and reconstruction, and improve the acceptance, configuration and regulation capacity of the power grid for distributed PV power generation.
Thirdly, in the organization and implementation of the "Thousands of Households Bathing Light Action", the role of the market should be given full play, the wishes of the farmers should be fully respected, the implementation of the work should be grasped without compromise, and a market-oriented, rule-of-law business environment for distributed photovoltaic power generation should be created, with no designation of the main body of the operation, no mandatory requirements for the supporting industries, and no monopoly development should be carried out in the form of franchising. Monopoly development, shall not infringe on the interests of farmers, to promote the healthy and orderly development of distributed photovoltaic. Dispatched agencies of the National Energy Administration, together with local energy authorities and power grid enterprises, will strengthen the supervision of the implementation of the "Thousands of Households Bathing in the Light Action", receive relevant complaints and reflections in a timely manner, and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all parties.
The competent energy authorities of each region should organically combine the "Thousands of Households Bathing Light Action" with the construction of livable and beautiful villages and rural habitat improvement, strengthen the connection between the development and utilization of rural distributed photovoltaic and the construction of villages, systematically carry out the rooftop resource census, establish and improve the standards and norms, and form a typical design scheme for the construction of distributed photovoltaic for the local rural areas. Typical design programs for distributed PV construction will be formed, so that distributed PV can become a new element and a new landscape to enhance the appearance of villages.
Fifth, in the implementation of the "Thousands of Households Bathing Light Action", localities should attach great importance to the operation and maintenance of rural distributed photovoltaic power generation projects. Encourage localities to make full use of the power grid enterprises and new energy development enterprises of professional strength, socialization, market-oriented way, set up villages, towns and other multi-level energy service station, provide professional services, do a good job of natural person household photovoltaic operation and maintenance. To take effective ways to strengthen the rural areas and the masses of farmers in electric power production safety knowledge, safe use of electricity knowledge of publicity and education, in conjunction with the relevant parties to do a good job in rural distributed PV development and construction of production safety supervision and management work.
Provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) energy authorities to strengthen the organization and guidance, the process of encountering major problems reported in a timely manner, and at the end of January 2026 will be the province of "thousands of households to bathe in the light of the action" to carry out the situation of the formation of a summary of materials reported to the National Energy Board (New Energy Division).
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Annex: List of counties (cities and districts) that have fully realized the objectives of the pilot project
Comprehensive Department of the National Energy Administration
March 14, 2025
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