Solar rooftop developers are increasingly choosing to supply power to customers through open access locating the solar plant elsewhere rather than set it up on the premises of their clients.
Open access solar power plant.
40 globally renowned customers purchasing solar power through open access route.
In case of solar power the state wise open access charges can vary from as low as inr 0 2 kwh in andhra pradesh to inr 1 5 kwh in uttarakhand.
Open access allows large users of power typically having connected load of 1 megawatt mw and above to buy cheaper power from the open market.
The common feature is that in both cases the power is supplied through the grid directly without being routed through a discom.
290 mwp capacity from three solar parks in india.
Open access enables corporations and industries with more than 1 mw loads to directly buy power from the market.
Amplus has successfully installed and commissioned two open access solar parks in the state of karnataka and the third one in the state of uttar pradesh.
How does open access work.
The rights associated with open access solar power are governed by the electricity act 2003 to regulate competition in the market.
For larger power consumers of over 1 mw open access solar provides an attractive option of selecting their power suppliers accessing quality power reducing power costs and going green.
The idea is that the customers should be able to choose among a large number of competing power companies instead of being forced to buy electricity from their existing electric utility monopoly.