DERC casts virtual net wide for solar plants

Delhi’s power regulator Delhi Electricity Regularity Commission (DERC) has notified group and virtual net metering framework, paving way for installation of rooftop and agri-solar plants in residential areas and villages in the city.

With the move, thousands of Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) and lakh of individuals will be able to take advantage of the schemes of the Delhi Government in the solar energy sector, with a particular push to rooftop solar energy.

Under ‘Group Net Metering’ (GNM), the surplus electricity exported into the grid through a net meter will be adjusted with other service connection(s) of the same consumer in the same discom area. Whereas, Virtual Net Metering (VNM) allow the renewable energy generator to export electricity into the grid through renewable energy meter or gross meter which can be adjusted in more than one electricity service connection of participating consumers in the same discom area.