KCCI welcomes move to allow net metering up to 500 kW for rooftop solar units
April 12, 2021
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Move to help India reach target of 40% energy generation through renewable sources by 2030; will also help maintain Karnataka’s pre-eminent position of solar power generation in the country
The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has welcomed the recent move of the Union Power Ministry to allow net-metering for loads up to 500 kW in the case of grid-interactive rooftop solar PV systems.
Isaac Vas, President of KCCI, told
BusinessLine that the ‘Draft Electricity (Rights of Consumer) Rules 2020’ had allowed net-metering for loads up to 5 kilowatts (kW) and gross-metering for loads above 5 kW in the case of grid-interactive rooftop solar PV systems.