JERC nod to feasibility study for solar plant installation

Munieshwer A Sagar / Sep 20, 2024, 04:52 IST

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JERC nod to feasibility study for solar plant installation

Chandigarh: For installation of rooftop solar photo voltaic systems, a technical feasibility study will have to be completed within a period of 15 days and the outcome of the study will be intimated to the applicant, failing which it will be presumed that the proposal is technically feasible.
This is as per the latest amendment notified by the Joint Electricity Regulator Commission (JERC) in the ‘Net and Gross Metering Regulations’, which have relaxed the registration and application procedures.
Further, the applications for rooftop solar photo voltaic systems up to 10 kW capacity, complete in all respects, shall be deemed to have been accepted without requiring technical feasibility study and any commensurate enhancement of the sanctioned load of the consumer, as may be required, shall be carried out by the distribution licensee on application by the prosumer.
As per the amendments, during the time period from the feasibility study or deemed acceptance of the application till the completion of installation, in case, there is any requirement of upgradation of distribution infrastructure like augmentation of service line, distribution transformer capacity, and the like for installation of the required capacity of roof top solar photo voltaic system, the same shall be carried out by the distribution licensee or consumer, as the case may be.

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Munieshwer A Sagar

Munieshwer A Sagar is a special correspondent reporting on Chandigarh Administration at Times of India. He has also reported on Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, Housing in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, general elections, environment, defence, crime, judiciary, education, health and business. He has a master’s degree in Mass Communication from the Panjab University, Chandigarh.

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