西班牙工業部長日前頒布了一道國家部長級議會法案，該法案即光伏詐騙法令。在該法令下約800MW的戶外光伏電廠將被調查，調查的內容是這些電廠涉及非法取得截止于2008年9月28日的高額補助（46.5歐分每度）。也就是說，超過1/4的戶外安裝光伏工廠將被調查。
這些皇家法案由國家能源委員會簽發，任務是在45天內調查電廠的運行商。調查將包括客戶檔案，購買組件，逆變器及其他系統組件的的發票時間及序列號。另外還有其他的能證明電廠可以在注冊截止時間內正常運轉的文件。
然而那些只是能夠提供截止日期前的官方批準證明文件的人并不能就此高枕無憂。――只有能在該日期前電廠正常運轉才算數！――這也是最初注入電網的電力發票要求被調查的原因。
任何被調查出違背法規的組織將必須退還自2008年9月以后獲得的補助，并且還要附上利息。然后這些電廠將只允許以西班牙零售價的價格向市場售電。（目前西班牙的零售電價是3.6歐分）如果這些電廠建設者想重新申請光伏補助，那么他們必須排號等待，并且至少要等到三年后新的FIT政策頒布。而且這些電廠也將會有一個專門的注冊渠道。但是那些自愿向政府坦白自己的非法行為的電廠受到的懲罰將會小的多。這樣的話，他們的補貼將轉換為現在32歐分的補貼政策。

The royal decree has assigned the National Energy Commission with the task of approaching the respective plant operators within 45 days. The inspection will include customs documents, time-dated invoices with series data on the purchase of modules, inverters and other system components, in addition to other documents that prove the plants functioned properly at the time of final registration.
Spain’s Ministry of Industry has presented a decree to the country’s Council of Ministers against the so-called “Fraude Fotovoltaico” or “photovoltaic fraud.” Under the decree, around 800 megawatts of installed outdoor photovoltaics (PV) plants suspected of having swindled the high remuneration (46.5 cents per kilowatt hour) of the feed-in tariff (FIT) specified in the Real Decreto (RD) 661/2007 prior to September 28, 2008, will be examined. Consequently, over a quarter of installed outdoor plants will be the subject of future investigations.
Anyone who is able to present an official permit by the deadline, however, should not be “deluded” into thinking they are out of the line of fire: only proper functioning is what counts ? which is why invoices regarding the initial feed-in quantities are also being requested for the period concerned.
Anyone who is guilty of irregularities will have to pay back any remuneration received since September 2008 - along with interest - and will only be allowed to sell electricity at the market price, which is currently 3.6 euro cents in Spain. If the plant operator wants to return to the remuneration system, he must take a seat at the back of the award placement rounds and wait up to three years for a new feed-in permit. Additionally, these plants will be entered into a special public register.
The consequences for those who voluntarily indicate doubts or irregularities are somewhat less serious. In this case, their tariff seamlessly changes into the then valid tariff of 32 euro cents as specified in RD 1578/2008.
The decree is being supported by Spanish solar federations and the regional offices of the Ministry of Industry.