Solar Rooftop companies move Tribunal on KERC’s order
Bengaluru: Developers of solar rooftop projects have challenged the Karnataka power regulator’s order in December seeking to do away with net metering for commercial and industrial consumers.
Net metering allows developers to sell electricity to the grid and deduct its value from their bill for the power drawn from the distribution company. The government encourages this system to promote renewable energy, but discoms in several states are hostile to this because they lose revenue for each unit of privately generated power.
Major developers including Amplus Solar, Fourth Partner Energy, Renew Power and Cleantech Solar have separately moved the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity against the order, people in the know said.
