June 2020

Solar Generation in Bangalore

By |2020-06-19T01:20:29+05:30June 19th, 2020|

Solar Installation at Rainbow Drive Villa Community, Bangalore | India Solar Plant Generation in Bangalore, India Generation during Monsoon Season? “Does it work at all in the monsoon months?” “I don’t think Bangalore is an ideal place for Solar Rooftop [...]

April 2020

MNRE To Treat Lockdown Due To Covid-19 as Force Majeure

By |2020-04-22T12:31:51+05:30April 21st, 2020|

"With the MNRE lockdown extension, all the solar rooftop customers of Bescom in Bangalore whose projects were stalled due to Covid, could be relieved from not being able to complete the projects with the deadlines as per their Power purchase agreement. ” Ministry of New and Renewable Energy ( MNRE ) has issued a [...]

Confused on how to apply for a Solar Rooftop plant?

By |2020-06-02T22:34:12+05:30April 2nd, 2020|

Solar panels installed on top of an Apartment by EcoSoch Solar. Well, we are here to make it easy for you with this blog. The very first step is to apply online at DISCOM website for SRTPV.Under this comes the Application Form for Grid connected system for net metering. This will have [...]

June 2019

5% hike in electricity tariff under BESCOM

By |2019-06-01T18:29:50+05:30June 1st, 2019|

Bengaluru Energy Supply COMpany (BESCOM) hiked the electricity tariff by 5%. It's not just the temperature that's increasing but also our electricity tariff! There will be an increase of 33 paisa per unit of energy for BESCOM jurisdiction customers. This is applicable to eight districts in Karnataka - Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Chikkaballapura, Kolar, Davanagere, [...]

October 2018

May 2018

New BESCOM tariffs 2018-19 & its impact

By |2018-05-15T15:20:11+05:30May 15th, 2018|

With the delay on an on due to Karnataka State Assembly elections for the new electricity tariff of BESCOM is now out finally.! Here are new BESCOM (Bengaluru Electricity Supply COMpany) charges for different categories,  Approved tariff for Domestic Consumers Category (LT2 (a)):  Applicable to areas under Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Municipal corporations & [...]

November 2017

Requirements from Apartments for Solar Rooftop

By |2021-12-03T09:11:58+05:30November 24th, 2017|

Apartment communities are one of the best-suited places for roof-top solar installations for two reasons: The availability of shadow-free area is quite high. The consumptions of apartment common area loads are also high. Because of the above two reasons and the increasing tariff from the ESCOM(Electricity Supply Company)s year on year, the solar for [...]

August 2017

BESCOM approved vendors for Solar Bidirectional Meter

By |2018-01-17T18:20:53+05:30August 5th, 2017|

Bengaluru(Bangalore) Electricity Supply COMpany (BESCOM) had approved two vendors for the supply of Bi-Directional meters in BESCOM jurisdiction for solar rooftop's. Whoever is opting for Solar Rooftop with net metering scheme on their rooftops in Bengaluru and other places under BESCOM will have to buy meters from one of the following two vendors which are [...]

May 2017

BESCOM procedure to Obtain Solar Rooftop System, Bengaluru

By |2018-01-17T18:20:53+05:30May 29th, 2017|

Procedure to obtain BESCOM permissions to install Solar Rooftop Power Plant using Grid connection Initial documents needed to begin the procedure: One photo of the person in whose name the electricity connection is in (Name of the person in Electricity Bill). Latest electricity bill Cancelled cheque (of the account to which any amount to be [...]

April 2017

Impact of BESCOM tariff hike 2017-18

By |2018-01-17T18:20:53+05:30April 13th, 2017|

Much awaited circular for the year from KERC(Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission) is out: KERC has announced the revised electricity tariff for the ESCOM consumers in Karnataka. Not many surprises, as there is an increase in the tariff compared to the previous year. Even though the BESCOM had asked for hikes up to Rs. 1.5  per [...]

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