ANDHRA PRADA POWER COORDINATION COMMITTEE oof q BPR Widyyt:Soudha Hyderabad From as. Y Chief Enginéer{P@&i) The Chief General Manager,(OP, Comm. & IPC), APPCC, APNPDCL, Corporate Office, Opp. NIT Petrol Bunk, Vidyut Soudha Hanamkonda, Warangal Hyderabad-500082 2) The Chief General Manager, (Comml.) (Fax: 040 APCPDCL, Corporate Office, Hyderabad. 23393304) ‘The Chief General Manager, (Comml, RA, Ply & PP) EPDCL, Corporate Office, Seethammadhara E-mail: Visakhapatnam “IPTCPaptransco.go The Chief General Manager,(Operation) APSPDCL, Corporate Office, Tiruchanoor Road, Tirupati : ae .CE/IPC/F.APC-1/Net metering/Exemptions/D.No. /14, dt“? 03.2014 1b: IPC Wing — Policy on Solar Rooftop Net Metering Schemes Exemptions sought by certain solar developers and MNRE s for effective implementation of system channel partn Directions issued — Reg. 1) Lr.No. CMD/CGM (Comm, & RA)/SF(IPC)/F.Net Metering, D.No. 6172 /14, dtd, 19.02.2014 &&& to inform that the CMD / APCPDPCL vide has sought certain exemptions in effective implementation of solar roof top net metering schemes based on suggestions of certain roof top developers and MNRE channel partners, ence cited above 2, After careful examination of the issues, the undersigned is directed to communicate certain instructions to the APDISCOMs in addition to the guidelines communicated earlier to have considerable progr metering schemes as follows. sin solar net i) 5 KW solar injections in any of the phase of 3 phase service connection shall be allowed as below 5 KW inverters of 3 phase are stated to be not available in the market ii There shall be no requirement of CEIG certification on LT Net q metering services up to 10 KW capacity. However, the consumer or SPV source shall give a 30 days notice of his intention to commission the plant to the supplier as well as to the concerned inspector (CEIG). In case the capacity is beyond 10 KW, the CEIGcertification is a must as per section 47 A of Indian Electricity Rules 1956. iii) APDISCOMs shall provide net metering (net meter along with its connected CTs, PTs, wherever applicable) on cost basis. iv) The insurance coverage can be optional for the LT consumers opting solar net met the consumer/SPV source may be advised to take the insurance coverage to avoid risks at the time of accidents. ) The solar rooftop develop: allowed to attend the departmental procedures on. behalf of ng scheme. Howeve s/MNRE channel partners may be applicant, except in case of signing the agreement vi) In case of HT dedicated feeders, the metering may be installed at DISCOM substation as per cla 2(f) of APERC Regulation No, 4 of 2013. vii) A check meter with import) export, MRI compatible, tri-veetor neter with provision to record 3-line currents, 3 phase voltages, V- THD & 1THD in load survey may be provided in generation more than 10 KW. case of solar As such, above directions may be followed accordingly and place the same in official websites for wider publicity Yours faithfully, Chief on Copy submitted for information to 1) PS to the Chairman & Managing Director, APNPDCL, Warangal 2) PS to the Chairman & Managing Director, APCPDCL, Hyderabad. 3) PS to the Chairman & Managing Director, APEPDCL, Visakhapatnam 4) PS to the Chairman & Managing Director, APSPDCL, Tirupati 5) PS to the Joint Managing Director (HRD, Comml & IPC)/APTRANSCO. 6) PS to the Joint Managing Director (Vig & Sec)/ APTRANSCO/Hyd 7) PS to the Director (Finance & Revenue)/APTRANSCO/VS/Hyd 8) PS to the VC & Managing Director /NRDECAP/Hyderabad. 9) PS to the Chairman & Managing Director! APTRANSCO/VS/Hyd 10) PS to the Spl. Chief Secretary, Energy dept, APSeeretariat, Hyderabad " The Executive Director/Plg, Reforms & RAC/APTRANSCO,VS Hyd. 12) The Chief Engineer/ Comml/APPCC/VS/Hyderabad 13) The Chief Engineer! SLDC/APPCC/VS/Hyderabad Encl oo: car P27, The) Aeseoer |rPr EC NE metiy) See SN frye Mey. vo een aealgyrnte ya HEF ALN SER vag Sen epw ai : A Deg “apr mae Tee fy ma APSPDCL =: