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As within the on-line hearings held in July, prosumers urged the Commission to do a re-think on the proposals. They strongly opposed the draft, which contained proposals for proscribing the Net Metering System (NMS) to three kW, imposing a ‘grid assist cost’ of ₹1 for each unit of renewable power exported to the grid and sure situations associated to battery storage.
The criticisms had been aired at a public listening to on the draft KSERC (Renewable Energy and Related Matters), 2025, held by the Commission headed by TK. Jose in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday (October 22, 2025). This was the primary of 4 bodily hearings deliberate by the KSERC throughout Kerala, following a court docket ruling on a public curiosity litigation filed by the Domestic On-Grid Solar Prosumers Forum.
‘Availed loans’
Individual prosumers who offered their case earlier than the three-member Commission stated they’d availed loans to put in rooftop photo voltaic models putting their belief within the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), however the draft rules would render their investments unprofitable.
The prosumers additionally informed the KSERC that it’s unfair to carry them accountable for instabilities within the grid and low transformer capacities when these are the tasks of the KSEB as a State energy utility.
“The draft has left us confused. It can’t be seen as supportive of abnormal prosumers,” Shiju Varghese, a prosumer, informed the listening to. He and a number of other different prosumers described the proposed grid assist cost as “remarkable” and regressive. Several prosumers who deliberate to scale up their rooftop photo voltaic capacities in future expressed their concern that the draft proposals, if carried out, would render them unviable.
Baijuraj R.S., who has put in a 5 kW unit, stated the draft proposals would cut back the acceptability of solar energy within the State. Another prosumer, a retired soldier, knowledgeable the KSERC that he has been suggested to not go for a scale-up of his photo voltaic unit given the uncertainties posed by the draft proposals. Sreekumar S., a prosumer, sought a beneficial choice for prosumers from the KSERC stating that they’d chosen to put in rooftop photo voltaic models by taking loans and putting their belief within the KSEB’s argument that it could be a gainful proposition for them.
Wrong interpretation
On its half, the KSERC was important of among the audio system who primarily based their arguments on rumour proof or improper interpretation of the draft. The Commission identified that the draft has been accessible on its web site since May 30 this yr. Moreover, the net hearings in July attended by a whole bunch of stakeholders had been webcast stay.
In July this yr, the Commission had held a collection of well-attended on-line hearings on the draftKSERC (Renewable Energy and Related Matters) Regulations, 2025. But the Kerala High Court had directed the Commission to carry bodily hearings in 4 places. The remaining bodily hearings might be held at Ernakulam (October 28), Palakkad (October 29) and Kozhikode (October 30).
Published – October 22, 2025 05:36 pm IST
