A Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) plea to replace the ‘net metering’ method with the ‘gross metering scheme’ and 'net billing' for grid-interactive renewable energy systems has been rejected by the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC).
The Commission, in a July 16 order, took the view that allowing the KSEB proposal at this stage will be counter-productive, discouraging people who intend to invest in renewable energy systems. The KSEB proposal had attracted heavy flak from consumer groups including the State-run Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology (ANERT) which is implementing rooftop solar schemes.
