# Centre mandates daily generation data from rooftop solar systems 2026-08-24T19:17:01+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The government has ordered inverter manufacturers to share daily cumulative generation data from rooftop solar systems installed under the PM Surya Ghar scheme through an API to a national portal. The new guidelines from the ministry of new and renewable energy aim to track actual electricity generated by individual installations, not just capacity added. Currently, over 44 lakh RTS systems have been installed, adding 15.6 GW of capacity. A government-appointed expert committee had flagged the absence of comprehensive data on electricity generated by decentralised renewable energy systems, noting that generation from rooftop systems is often consumed on-site and does not pass through the grid. Separate official data shows over 2.23 lakh rooftop solar installations have been completed under the ULA model, with Rs 525.69 crore in subsidies released. The government target is one crore rooftop solar installations by March 2027. The guidelines also require that applications and cloud-hosted data linked to inverter systems be located in India. The data could help identify under-performing installations and allow analysis across states and power distribution companies. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The new data-tracking rules from the MNRE aim to fix a blind spot: rooftop solar generation that never reaches the grid. Times of India leads with this systemic problem and the monitoring solution, leaning into gap-filling policy rather than the government's own announcement. Republic World, covering the same scheme on the same day, omits the data mandate entirely and leads with installation numbers and the ULA model's subsidy push. The omission is telling, because the mandate's effect on inverter manufacturers, and its stated purpose of improving electricity statistics, has direct implications for state discoms and for subsidy calculations. Both reports are neutral in tone, but the selective focus means a reader of only Republic World would not know a major new operational rule just came into force. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Leads with the new monitoring mandate and the data gap it addresses, framed as a policy improvement - republicworld.com (neutral report) Leads with ULA model installation numbers and subsidy figures, omitting the data-tracking guidelines entirely This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-26T05:26:32+00:00. Tags: Alekhya Datta, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, TERI Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/govt-orders-inverter-firms-to-share-rooftop-solar-data-daily/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/govt-orders-inverter-firms-to-share-rooftop-solar-data-daily/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/