Electricity Amendment Rules: Companies will bear the cost of solar system distribution, option to choose connection type
Electricity Amendment Rules: In residential societies, separate billing for backup generators and common areas has been guaranteed, which will improve transparency. It will now be possible for customers to charge their electric vehicles with a separate electrical connection.
After the Central Government's amendment to the Electricity (Consumer Rights) Rules, distribution companies are now required to strengthen the distribution system necessary for solar PV systems up to five kilowatts in capacity, at their own expense. Additionally, the distribution licensee now only has 15 days instead of 30 days to commission the rooftop solar PV system.
Under the rules, consumers living in multi-storey flats will now be given the right to choose the type of connection. Owners living in co-operative group housing societies, multi-storey buildings, and residential colonies will now have the option to choose from the distribution licensee either individual connections for all or single-point connections for the entire complex.
In residential societies, separate billing for backup generators and common areas has been guaranteed, which will improve transparency. It will now be possible for customers to charge their electric vehicles with a separate electrical connection. This aligns with the nation's objective of achieving net zero emissions by 2070 through the reduction of carbon emissions.
Additionally, the new regulations standardise the tariffs paid by customers who use individual connections or a basic single-point connection to obtain a submeter electricity supply. For each electricity consumption that is received from the distribution licensee, metering, billing, and recovery will be handled independently. This will cover the use of power backup for each member of the residential association as well as the use of electricity for the associations' common areas.
