Solar charge shock ends: JERC orders refund for 6k govt houses in Chandigarh
In a major relief to around 6,600 government employees living in official residences, the Ombudsman of the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) has stayed the levy of solar-user charges imposed on rooftop solar power plants installed on government houses in Chandigarh and ordered a refund of the amount already recovered through electricity bills over the past three years.
As per the existing billing mechanism, households with a 6-kilowatt rooftop solar plant were being charged ₹3,000 for a two-month billing cycle. The charge was calculated at ₹250 per kilowatt of sanctioned load per month.
