Residential

• No restriction on installed capacity
• Third-party sale allowed
• Surplus energy can be injected into the grid at ₹2.25/unit tariff for the first 5 years of commissioning, thereafter it would be 75% of the lowest tariff decided in the GUVNL bid
• No energy banking charges
• No wheeling and transmission charges
• Solar subsidy as per MNRE guidelines

Commercial/Industrial/ Institutional

(For captive use)

• No restriction on installed capacity
• Surplus Injection compensation for MSME would be ₹2.25/unit for the first 5 years and 75% of tariff discovered after GUVNL bid for the remaining years
• The surplus energy compensation for other consumers would be 75% of the average tariff discovered in the GUVNL bid.

          Banking Charges

• MSMEs: ₹1.10/unit on solar energy consumed
• Demand-based consumers: ₹1.5/unit on energy consumed
• Government Buildings: Exempted

Open Access Projects

(Third Party Sale)

• No restriction on installed capacity
• Surplus energy compensation: 75% of the average tariff discovered in the GUVNL bid.
• Cross-subsidy, additional surcharge, wheeling, and transmission charges are to be decided by Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) from time to time.

Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)

• Capacity added under the REC mechanism can be up to the sanctioned load/contract demand
• Energy accounting is to be on a 15-minute time block basis
• Surplus energy compensation to be 65% of the simple average of tariff discovered in GUVNL bid
• No banking charges