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The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has released a draught notification of the revised star powerfulness tariffs for a play of 3 years from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029.
The rates issued are antithetic for antithetic kilowatts generated and besides depends connected the accumulation volume. These rates volition beryllium applicable to star powerfulness generated nether assorted star powerfulness projects, including PM Surya Ghar Yojana and Distributed Solar Photovoltaic (DSPV).
The clip bounds for radical to rise objections has been extended till June 30, 2026 pursuing which a nationalist proceeding volition beryllium held and prices finalised.
As per the revised tariffs, if user is generating energy by installing star panels without receiving immoderate subsidy from the government, the terms astatine which the user sells the other powerfulness generated to the grids is high. If consumers person received subsidy from the government, the complaint for energy supplied to the grid has been fixed astatine a little complaint this time.
If energy is generated up to 10 kilowatts without receiving immoderate subsidy from the government, the complaint is fixed astatine ₹3.03 per unit.
Under the PM Suryagarh scheme, if the consumers person received subsidy from the government, the rates are antithetic and depends connected the units generated. Henceforth, for 1 to 2 kilowatts, the authorities volition wage decreased magnitude of ₹1.87 per unit, for 2 to 3 kilowatts, they volition wage ₹2.05 per unit, and for much than 3 kilowatts, it is ₹2.49 per unit.
Until now, the authorities paid a tariff of ₹2.30 per portion for 1 to 2 kilowatts, ₹2.48 per portion for 2 to 3 kilowatts, and ₹2.93 per portion for much than 3 kilowatts of energy procreation to consumers who supplied the energy generated from star vigor to the grid.
Under the Central government’s PM Suryagarh scheme, determination is simply a people of generating star powerfulness connected the roofs of 1.02 lakh houses successful the State. Already, 80.96 MW of energy is being generated successful 20,152 houses. A full of 6,354.74 MW of star powerfulness is being generated successful the State from assorted sources.
Not lone roofs, but besides courtyards, car parking spaces, and walls tin present beryllium utilized to make energy by installing star panels. Customers tin usage the energy and merchantability the remainder to the grid, said the notification.
The notification besides stated, “The Central authorities is providing subsidy ranging from a minimum of ₹30,000 to a maximum of ₹78,000 for star powerfulness generation. Some consumers are taking vantage of this and are coming guardant to make electricity. While they besides devour the powerfulness generated from this, the surplus powerfulness is sold to the powerfulness organisation companies.”
