The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MSEDCL) has refused a request by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MERC) to impose “wheeling” surcharges on rooftop solar customers with net metering contracts. MERC said it wanted to prevent customers who did not have rooftop systems from having to subsidise under-recovery from those who did. That created a financial impact on consumers who could not afford rooftop systems, it said. MSEDCL, however, said the problem was linked to MERC’s 2015 net metering regulations and could only be resolved through a “due regulatory consultation process”.
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has refused a request by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) to impose “wheeling” surcharges on rooftop solar customers with net metering contracts. MSEDCL said it wanted to prevent customers who did not have rooftop systems from having to subsidise under-recovery from those who did. That created a financial impact on consumers who could not afford rooftop systems, it said. MERC, however, said the problem was linked to MSEDCL’s 2015 net metering regulations and could only be resolved through a “due regulatory consultation process”.