Odisha Finalizes Guidelines for Net Metering

Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) through an order has finalized the guidelines for Net Metering systems, including LT connectivity for Government/ PSU owned buildings only.

 A brief summary of the guidelines is given in table below:

The commission is mandated to promote Renewable Energy by providing connectivity with grid and sale of electricity to any person under EA 2003, which is why it has released this guidelines to enable consumers to set up Rooftop systems.

The state of Odisha has fairly good potential for solar power generation with 280-300 days of sunshine in a year and Global Horizontal Irradiance of about 4.5-5.0 kWh/m2/day.

This guidelines does not make consumers eligible for REC’s. This may be due to the fact that solar tariffs are on the decline whereas the state retail tariffs are increasing year-on-year.

The order can be accessed here.