GERC

The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has released a draft notification with the updates on Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (Net Metering Rooftop Solar PV Grid Interactive Systems) Regulations, 2016. The new regulations will be applicable from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Under net metering, DISCOMs pay the consumer for the excess solar energy they produce and send back to the grid.

According to the proposed changes, all the electricity generated from rooftop solar PV systems will be exported to the grid at the tariff rate determined by the commission.

  • Net metering will be allowed for loads up to 10 kW and gross metering for loads above 10 kW.
  • The installed capacity must be between 1 kW and 1 MW.
  • Solar projects set up by residential consumers on their rooftop plus incentives under existing schemes will be allowed irrespective of consumer sanctioned load.
  • No capacity restrictions will be applicable for captive consumers and projects set up under third-party sale.
  • The connected load of the eligible consumer should be above 100 kW/kVA and the connectivity level should be 11 KV, 3 Phase, 50 Hz.

For the billing period, the licensee will have to show

  1. Total Power supplied by the consumer from the Solar PV system to the grid
  2. Power Supplied by the DISCOM
  3. Net Billed Electricity by consumer
  4. Net exported energy balanced after the adjustment against the total energy imported

It is clearly mentioned in the draft that energy generated by earlier projects will be governed by the provisions of net metering regulations under which they were commissioned. 

However, if the capacity of the solar system will be increased, then the old agreement will be canceled and a new agreement will be drafted as per the new regulations.

If the rooftop projects are under the gross metering, then separate bills will be generated for power exported to the grid and power imported from the grid.

In the case of gross metering, the distribution licensees will purchase the power at the rate specified by the commission in its order dated August 8, 2019, under Petition No. 1802 of 2019. The tariff applicable for gross metering will be the simple average of tariffs discovered in the competitive bidding of the projects outside the solar park in the six months up to March 31 with an addition of Rs 0.20/kWh. This applies to projects signing power purchase agreements (PPAs) from April to September.

 

 

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