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Uttar Pradesh Net Metering Regulations - 2015

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HIGHLIGHTS

 

Control Period

From 20.03.2015

Eligibility Condition
  • A consumer of electricity, located in the area of supply of a distribution licensee, with solar plant installed on the consumer’s premises by self or third party.
  • The maximum peak capacity of the solar PV system shall not exceed 100% of the sanctioned connected load, or contract load, of the consumer.
  • Capacity of the rooftop solar system shall be more than 1 kWp.

Capacity Target for Distribution Licensee
  • Capacity to be allowed in the area fed from transformer shall not exceed 15%, or any other percentage, as may be fixed by the Commission, of the rated capacity of such transformer(s).

Metering
  • Installing check meters shall be mandatory for systems having capacity over 50 kWp and will be owned by the licensee. Charges for testing, installation and maintenance of meters shall be borne by the consumer.
  • For systems with capacity up to 50 kWp, licensee or consumer shall install check meters at their own cost.

 

OTHER PROVISIONS

 

Energy accounting and settlement
  • Excess electricity injected by the consumer shall be carried forward to the next billing period as electricity credit.
  • In case the consumer is under the ambit of time of day tariff, electricity consumption in any time block shall be first compensated with the generation in the same time block, and excess generation shall be carried forward to the corresponding time block in the next month.

After each settlement period, any unadjusted excess electricity shall be paid @ Rs.2/kWh by the distribution licensee. (As per the review document of the Progress under UPERC (Roof top solar PV grid interactive gross/net metering) Regulations, 2015.  

Other charges, Wheeling charges and Cross Subsidy Surcharge

Eligible consumers or third party owners shall be exempted from wheeling charge and cross subsidy surcharge.

Penalty or Compensation

The provisions of penalty or compensation shall be as per the provisions of the UPERC (Electricity Supply Code) Regulations, 2005, and subsequent amendments thereof, or as determined by the Commission from time to time.

Link

http://www.uperc.org/Notified_User.aspx

Reference

http://www.uperc.org/Notified_User.aspx

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