New policy: People without rooftops can tap solar power
Jaipur, December 06, 2024.
People without rooftops or suitable spaces of their own can now access solar power. The Integrated Clean Energy Policy 2024, introduced last week, makes provisions for virtual net metering and gross net metering.
Virtual net metering allows multiple consumers operating in the same licence area to set up collective solar power systems and draw individually.
Gross metering caters to a single consumer who sets up a plant at one location and uses the power at multiple locations.
The policy says appropriate provisions will be made in the urban building bylaws to promote and facilitate the use and installation of solar rooftop systems.
Anshuman Gothwal of the Centre for Energy, Environment and People (CEEP) said, "Virtual net metering and gross net meter...
