Solar mission concerning rooftop solar plants scheme has hit a road block. Himurja and HP State Electricity Board Ltd (HPSEBL) have failed to install software for billing “green energy” that the power board buys from individual power producers.
Besides, Himurja, state executive agency for the solar mission, has a cumbersome procedure. It also does not provide 78 per cent subsidy to non-domestic users.
“The whole procedure is cumbersome and companies, which have been authorised by Himurja to install rooftop solar systems, first insist on an NOC from the HPSEBL,” say the applicants. In many cases, the companies supply substandard material. Besides, the billing system has become a major problem for the beneficiaries, they add.
