ABSTRACT
Supply of solar power to rural substations in the daytime would also enable the distribution companies to supply reliable electricity to farmers for the whole day. The special dispensation of a zero transmission tariff for solar power will start becoming unsustainable. For the large solar projects, competitive bidding has been working well. It has brought prices down and India has been able to take full advantage of the global decline in manufacturing costs of solar panels. As solar power prices for the larger projects have come down to less than ₹3 per unit, a feed-in tariff of, say, ₹4.50 per unit should be attractive enough to get a surge in private investment to benefit from this opportunity. While efforts are being made to promote solar rooftop installations and some momentum is being seen with the generous net metering dispensation, there are limits in urban areas. Most of urban India is going through redevelopment.
