Connecting a solar system in Jordan

Net metering

EMRC’s renewable-energy page describes net metering as a meter that reads both ways. When the subscription draws from the grid the reading is positive. When the system feeds the grid the reading is negative. At the end of the month the generated quantity is subtracted from the used quantity, and the bill is for the net.

IDECO lists net metering as one connection mechanism and, in its file library, hosts a 2017 distribution-network net-metering guide.

JEPCO’s renewable page says systems are connected under net metering, under wheeling, or under the mechanisms of Bylaw 58 of 2024.

Wheeling

EMRC says it issued instructions so a subscriber can cover consumption from renewable generation without installing the system at the same place as the consumption.

IDECO lists distribution of electricity by wheeling as a connection mechanism and hosts a 2017 wheeling guide and wheeling-cost instructions in its file library.

JEPCO names wheeling as one of the connection methods on its renewable page. That page does not set out the wheeling documents.

Projects above 1 megawatt

EMRC says a generation licence for a renewable project above 1 megawatt is issued under article 7 of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Law No. 13 of 2012. The same page says the commission has licensed projects under direct proposals, and under net metering or wheeling for a subscriber’s own use.

The bylaw

IDECO’s renewable page says the amending law to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Law took effect on 1 June 2024, and that Bylaw 58 of 2024 followed it, together with a guide for connecting renewable systems to the distribution network. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources lists Bylaw 58 of 2024 and Law 12 of 2024 on its legislation pages. The Official Gazette issue pages name Bylaw 58 in issue 5948 and amending Bylaw 110 in issue 5971.

Forms IDECO publishes

These are the files linked from IDECO’s renewable-energy page. That page does not say every file is required for a first home application. The information-required file is the list of what to attach. JEPCO does not publish this list on its renewable page, and this page does not copy it across as JEPCO’s or EDCO’s list.

For the application

• ✓ List of information required to apply to connect a renewable-energy system
• ✓ Standard application to connect a renewable-energy system
• ✓ Expected-load estimate
• ✓ Subscriber’s authorization of a renewable-energy company

After installation

• ✓ Information required with the completion certificate and the request to operate
• ✓ Completion certificate and request to operate the system
• ✓ Standard connection agreement

Other files on the same page

• ✓ Technical specifications
• ✓ Request to change the technical specifications
• ✓ Transfer of a subscription that already has a renewable system
• ✓ Application to increase the capacity
• ✓ Request to extend the approval period
• ✓ Request for a connection-impact study
• ✓ Cancel one contractor’s authorization and authorize another company
• ✓ Renewable-energy company’s authorization of a representative
• ✓ No-objection to establishing the renewable project
• ✓ Undertaking to remove the system if a partner objects
• ✓ Undertaking to install a voltage regulator (AVR)
• ✓ Undertaking not to connect loads to the generation meter
• ✓ Contractor’s declaration

Municipality and engineering office

The EMRC renewable page, the JEPCO renewable page and the IDECO renewable page do not say that a municipality approves the electrical connection. IDECO publishes a no-objection file and an expected-load file. Those pages do not say the no-objection is a municipal permit, and they do not say an engineering office must sign the load file.

EDCO

EDCO’s electronic-services page names an electronic renewable-energy system. The text returned on 31 October 2026 did not include a document list or the application steps, so they are not repeated here. The company named on the bill is still the one to apply to.