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AP discom shifts rooftop solar bills to monthly cycle
Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (APSPDCL) has moved to monthly settlement of electricity bills for grid-connected rooftop solar customers. Surplus solar units, earlier settled quarterly, will now be billed monthly…
The Story in Brief
Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (APSPDCL) has moved to monthly settlement of electricity bills for grid-connected rooftop solar customers. Surplus solar units, earlier settled quarterly, will now be billed monthly based on import-export meter readings and regulations, the company said in a press release on Thursday.
APSPDCL CMD Siva Sankar Lotheti said 36,963 customers across nine districts have installed rooftop systems totalling 128 MW capacity. The company credited Rs 83.88 lakh to consumer bank accounts in June and Rs 68.4 lakh in July for surplus generation.
The Indian Opinion
This is a welcome tweak that cuts the wait for rooftop solar payments from three months to one. But the real test is whether billing errors and meter-reading delays will shrink along with the cycle. APSPDCL has 128 MW of rooftop capacity and nearly 37,000 customers, a decent base but far from the state's potential. The question: will other Andhra discoms follow, and will this monthly settlement actually arrive on time, every month?
Source: thehansindia.com
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