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Centre mandates daily generation data from rooftop solar systems
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…
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: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report), republicworld.com (neutral report)
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.
