The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has notified the draft RERC (Grid Interactive Distributed Renewable Energy Generating System) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2025.
The amendment introduces key provisions for virtual and group net metering and incentives for battery energy storage systems (BESS). For the first time, virtual and group net metering is permitted for distributed renewable energy systems between 1 kW and 1 MW across all consumer categories. Projects exceeding 1 MW must operate under the commission’s tariff regulations or the Green Energy Open Access framework. The amendment introduces timelines for application processing, including deemed feasibility for domestic projects up to 10 kW. Connectivity for technically feasible virtual or group net metering projects must be granted within 30 days. The revised regulations clarify that net metering, net billing, virtual/group net metering, peer-to-peer trading, and plug-and-play solar are now formally recognised. Domestic consumers are fully exempt from all charges, including wheeling, banking, and cross-subsidy surcharges. Non-domestic self-owned projects on consumer premises are exempt from banking and open access surcharges. Renewable energy service projects face partial charges based on location and voltage level. To incentivise storage, RERC has introduced a wheeling charge exemption of 75 per cent for projects paired with BESS of at least 5 per cent of solar capacity. Additional waivers of 1 per cent per 1 per cent incremental BESS capacity apply up to 30 per cent, with full exemption for systems exceeding this threshold.