Follow-up management of new and renewable energy facilities currently consists of periodic inspections under the Electric Utility Act and management in accordance with the Regulations on Support, etc., for New and Renewable Energy Facilities. However, critics point out that the current follow-up management system only involves simple inspections and fails to provide construction business entities, etc., with detailed guidelines. It has been suggested that photovoltaic generation facilities are particularly in need of a better organized management system as most of such facilities, due to their nature, are maintained and repaired by small businesses.

Accordingly, the Amendment prescribes compulsory follow-up management of new and renewable energy facilities. It requires the heads of new and renewable energy centers to gather performance information on the follow-up management of new and renewable energy facilities and report such information to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and imposes administrative fines on constructors who fail to conduct the inspections (Article 30-4 newly inserted).

Obligate constructors of new and renewable energy facilities to perform follow-up management at least once a year as prescribed by the Presidential Decree, and to report the outcomes thereof to the head of the implementing agency (Article 30-4, paragraph 3)