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Regulatory Approvals
Net metering approval management across all five DISCOMs in AP and Telangana — from technical feasibility and DISCOM application to bidirectional meter installation and CEIG coordination for systems above 100kW.
Overview
Net metering bills consumers only on the net difference between what they import from the grid and what their solar system exports — exported units offset imports at the same tariff rate. Telangana's TGERC 2025 regulations make this particularly attractive: net metering consumers are fully exempt from banking charges, wheeling charges, cross-subsidy surcharge, and additional surcharge, and the TGERC has ruled that no Grid Support Charges apply to rooftop solar. In AP, APERC Regulation 4 of 2023 caps new net-metering connections at 500kWp and governs the arrangement, and also introduced group net metering and virtual net metering for communities and housing societies; projects that were already operational before the regulation took effect are grandfathered and protected from the new cap. The approval process takes 30 to 60 days; solar plants above 100kW additionally require CEIG approval before the net metering application can proceed.
Why Daakshyaani
TGERC 2025 regulations exempt net metering consumers from banking charges, wheeling charges, cross-subsidy surcharge, and additional surcharge entirely. The TGERC has also ruled no Grid Support Charges on rooftop solar. We ensure clients structure their applications to capture every exemption.
Solar plants above 100kW require CEIG approval before the DISCOM will accept a net metering application. We sequence both processes — running CEIG preparation in parallel with DISCOM feasibility — so neither causes delay to the other.
APERC Regulation 4 of 2023 caps new net metering connections at 500kWp, and introduced group net metering (multiple connections in the same DISCOM division) and virtual net metering (housing societies allocating credits among members). Projects operational before the regulation took effect are grandfathered against the cap, and larger installations — up to 5 MWp per location — route through gross metering instead. We structure and file net metering, gross metering, and grandfathered arrangements alike — most installers do not handle this.
AP has three DISCOMs (APEPDCL, APCPDCL, APSPDCL) and Telangana has two (TGSPDCL, TGNPDCL). Each has its own application forms, feasibility teams, and metering procedures. We work across all five so clients with multi-site installations use a single point of coordination.
Net metering applications take 30 to 60 days. We initiate applications in parallel with solar EPC construction so approvals are ready on commissioning day — not weeks after the panels are installed.
When bundled with our solar EPC service, we deliver a fully integrated solution — one team, one contract, from panel installation to grid-connected billing, with no handover gap between the installer and the approval consultant.
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Net metering applications are filed with whichever DISCOM the site falls under — APEPDCL, APSPDCL, or APCPDCL in Andhra Pradesh, and TGSPDCL or TGNPDCL in Telangana. Each DISCOM runs its own feasibility check, meter installation scheduling, and net meter agreement process, so timelines and documentation requirements can differ even for an otherwise identical rooftop system depending on which utility territory it sits in.
Source: APSPDCLSolar installations up to 100kW are typically processed as LT (low-tension) net metering, while anything above that moves into HT net metering — which involves a different metering setup, a separate technical feasibility process, and often a longer approval timeline. Knowing which side of that line a project falls on early in the design phase avoids surprises during application.
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana is a central government scheme providing subsidy for rooftop solar on residential households, applied for through the national PM Surya Ghar portal and administered alongside the local DISCOM. It is scoped to residential consumers — commercial and industrial rooftop solar (the segment most of Daakshyaani's net metering work falls under) follows the standard net metering and, in some cases, separate accelerated depreciation or open-access routes rather than this particular subsidy.
Source: PM Surya Ghar — Government of IndiaIndustries
LT net metering covers solar up to 100kW and is largely self-certified; above 100kW it becomes HT net metering and requires CEIG approval as a mandatory pre-step.
Yes — APERC Regulation 4 of 2023 caps new net-metering connections at 500kWp, though it also introduced group and virtual net metering, and projects approved before the regulation are grandfathered. Larger rooftop installations — up to 5 MWp per location — route through gross metering instead, which the same regulation permits.
TGERC's 2025 regulations gave rooftop solar full exemption from banking charges, wheeling charges, cross-subsidy surcharge, and additional surcharge, and ruled out Grid Support Charges on rooftop solar.
It lets housing societies or communities allocate solar credits across multiple meters/units under one installation, distinct from group net metering, which links multiple connections within a single division.
