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The archetypal of the carnal nationalist hearings held by the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) connected its draught renewable vigor regulations has drawn a caller circular of protests against the proposals, with prosumers calling them harmful to some their interests and the wide propulsion for renewable vigor successful Kerala.
As successful the online hearings held successful July, prosumers urged the Commission to bash a re-think connected the proposals. They powerfully opposed the draft, which contained proposals for restricting the Net Metering System (NMS) to 3 kW, imposing a ‘grid enactment charge’ of ₹1 for each portion of renewable vigor exported to the grid and definite conditions related to artillery storage.
The criticisms were aired astatine a nationalist proceeding connected the draught KSERC (Renewable Energy and Related Matters), 2025, held by the Commission headed by T.K. Jose successful Thiruvananthapuram connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025). This was the archetypal of 4 carnal hearings planned by the KSERC crossed Kerala, pursuing a tribunal ruling connected a nationalist involvement litigation filed by the Domestic On-Grid Solar Prosumers Forum.
‘Availed loans’
Individual prosumers who presented their lawsuit earlier the three-member Commission said they had availed loans to instal rooftop star units placing their spot successful the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), but the draught regulations would render their investments unprofitable.
The prosumers besides told the KSERC that it is unfair to clasp them accountable for instabilities successful the grid and debased transformer capacities erstwhile these are the responsibilities of the KSEB arsenic a State powerfulness utility.
“The draught has near america confused. It cannot beryllium seen arsenic supportive of mean prosumers,” Shiju Varghese, a prosumer, told the hearing. He and respective different prosumers described the projected grid enactment complaint arsenic “unheard of” and regressive. Several prosumers who planned to standard up their rooftop star capacities successful aboriginal expressed their interest that the draught proposals, if implemented, would render them unviable.
Baijuraj R.S., who has installed a 5 kW unit, said the draught proposals would trim the acceptability of star powerfulness successful the State. Another prosumer, a retired soldier, informed the KSERC that helium has been advised not to spell for a scale-up of his star portion fixed the uncertainties posed by the draught proposals. Sreekumar S., a prosumer, sought a favourable determination for prosumers from the KSERC pointing retired that they had chosen to instal rooftop star units by taking loans and placing their spot successful the KSEB’s statement that it would beryllium a gainful proposition for them.
Wrong interpretation
On its part, the KSERC was captious of immoderate of the speakers who based their arguments connected hearsay grounds oregon incorrect mentation of the draft. The Commission pointed retired that the draught has been accessible connected its website since May 30 this year. Moreover, the online hearings successful July attended by hundreds of stakeholders had been webcast live.
In July this year, the Commission had held a bid of well-attended online hearings connected the draftKSERC (Renewable Energy and Related Matters) Regulations, 2025. But the Kerala High Court had directed the Commission to clasp carnal hearings successful 4 locations. The remaining carnal hearings volition beryllium held astatine Ernakulam (October 28), Palakkad (October 29) and Kozhikode (October 30).
