How do I choose a solar company in Delhi NCR?

Compare on evidence rather than on price, because the quotes converge once you normalise them. Ask every shortlisted vendor for their empanelment number with your specific DISCOM, whether the installing crew is their own employees, whether net-metering filing is inside the quoted scope, and what an AMC costs from year two. A vendor who answers all four in writing is a materially different proposition from one who answers none, even at the same price.

Why do solar quotes in Delhi NCR vary so much for the same system size?

Almost always because the quotes are not for the same thing. The usual variables are module wattage class and cell technology, string versus micro inverters, structure material and elevation height, whether net-metering filing and the bi-directional meter are included, and whether the headline price is gross or already has the subsidy deducted. Normalise those six variables across the quotations and the spread narrows sharply.

Should I pick the cheapest solar quote?

Only after you have confirmed the cheap quote contains the same scope. The line items that get removed to reach a low number are the ones you cannot see from the ground: structure coating and height, cable and earthing quality, net-metering follow-up, and any service obligation after commissioning. A system is a twenty-five year asset with a two-day installation, so the cost that matters is the one measured across the whole period.

Does the solar company need to be empanelled with my DISCOM?

For a net-metered system, yes in practice. The DISCOM processes the net-metering application against a registered vendor, and empanelment is granted per DISCOM rather than nationally. This matters more in NCR than almost anywhere else in India because a buyer in Noida, Gurugram and South Delhi are each dealing with a different licensee, with different portals, timelines and inspection habits.

What questions should I ask before signing a solar contract?

The eight that actually change the outcome: which DISCOM you are empanelled with and under what number; who physically installs; whether net-metering filing is included; how and when the subsidy reaches me; the structure material, coating and height; the committed annual generation and the remedy if it misses; what an AMC costs; and whether I can have the exact SKU datasheets, your CIN and your GSTIN today.

Is Bridgeway Power one of the companies on this list?

This page deliberately does not publish a ranked list, because we install in Delhi NCR ourselves and a self-scored league table would not be worth citing. What we publish instead is the evaluation method, and we hold ourselves to every check on it — including the ones that are inconvenient to answer. Run the same eight questions past us and past everyone else you are considering.

Buyer's method · Delhi NCR · 2026

Best solar companies in Delhi NCR — the eight checks that decide it

We install rooftop solar in Delhi NCR, so a ranked list written by us would be worth nothing to you. What we can publish honestly is the method: eight questions with a document behind each one, so you can score every installer you are talking to — including us — on evidence instead of on sales confidence.

Put these eight questions to us Get a baseline number first

The eight checks

Each one names the artefact that settles it. If a vendor cannot produce the artefact, the answer is not "probably fine" — it is unverified.

Are you empanelled with my specific DISCOM, and what is the number?

Delhi NCR is four regulators deep — BRPL, BYPL and TPDDL inside Delhi, DHBVN in Gurugram and Faridabad, UPPCL in Noida and Ghaziabad. Empanelment is per-DISCOM. A company that files smoothly in Gurugram may have never filed a Noida net-metering application, and the learning happens on your project.

What settles it

A vendor registration number you can read back to the DISCOM helpdesk, plus the name of the sub-division the last file was cleared in.

Walk-away answer

"We work all over NCR" without a number. Coverage is a marketing claim; empanelment is a record.

Is the crew on my roof your employee or a subcontractor?

Most residential complaints in this market are not about panels. They are about a subcontracted crew that finished, invoiced, and is unreachable when an inverter faults in year two. Ownership of the crew is what makes the warranty callable.

What settles it

The name of the site supervisor before you sign, and a written statement of who returns for a service call and within what window.

Walk-away answer

The salesperson cannot name the installing entity, or the warranty is worded as a manufacturer pass-through only.

Is net-metering filing inside the quoted price, or billed later?

The application, the load sanction check, the bi-directional meter and the inspection follow-up are the slowest part of a rooftop project and the easiest to quietly exclude. A system that is commissioned but not net-metered exports for free.

What settles it

A line in the quotation that names net-metering filing and meter installation as included scope, with a stated responsibility for follow-up until the meter is energised.

Walk-away answer

Filing described as "customer to coordinate with DISCOM". That is where projects go dormant.

How exactly does the subsidy reach me, and when?

The central PM Surya Ghar subsidy is disbursed to the consumer's bank account after commissioning and inspection, and state incentives run on their own track. Any vendor who quotes a price with subsidy already deducted is financing your subsidy and pricing that risk into the system.

What settles it

A quotation that shows gross price, the subsidy you will separately receive, and the net position — as three numbers, not one.

Walk-away answer

A single "after subsidy" price with no gross figure, or a promise that the subsidy is "adjusted instantly".

What is the mounting structure made of, and at what height?

Structure is where quotes are silently cut. Galvanised-iron versus hot-dip, standard versus elevated, and the ballast design for an RCC roof are the difference between a system that survives a decade of Delhi summers and one that starts leaking through anchor points.

What settles it

Material, coating spec, clearance height and whether roof penetration or ballast is used — all four, in writing.

Walk-away answer

"MS structure" with no coating or height stated, especially on a quote that undercuts everyone else.

What generation are you committing to, and what happens if it misses?

A number in a sales deck is not a commitment. Delhi NCR yield is bounded by irradiance, soiling and shading; anyone quoting materially above the local band is either ignoring soiling or has not surveyed your shading.

What settles it

An annual kWh figure tied to your measured shading, and a written statement of what remedy exists if metered generation falls short.

Walk-away answer

Generation stated as a flat per-kW figure with no site survey, or refusal to put the number in the contract.

What does year three actually cost me?

Cleaning, inverter diagnostics and monitoring are the recurring cost, and the point at which most buyers discover their installer has no service arm. Soiling alone can take a visible bite out of generation in a Delhi dust season.

What settles it

A named AMC offering with a price, a visit frequency, and an existing customer you can call — not a promise to "take care of it".

Walk-away answer

No AMC product at all. A company with no service revenue has no commercial reason to answer the phone in year four.

Will you give me the datasheets, the CIN and the GST number today?

Every legitimate installer can produce module and inverter datasheets, a company identification number and a GST registration within an hour. Delay here predicts delay everywhere else.

What settles it

Datasheets for the exact SKU being installed — not the brand's flagship — plus CIN and GSTIN you can verify on the MCA and GST portals yourself.

Walk-away answer

Model numbers that change between the quote and the delivery challan.

Before you sign anything

Take this list into the third meeting. If a column is blank for a vendor, that is the negotiation — not the price.

Three quotations on the same system size, same module wattage class, and same structure height — otherwise you are comparing nothing
Gross price, subsidy and net price shown separately on each
DISCOM empanelment number for your own DISCOM, from each vendor
Written scope line confirming net-metering filing and the bi-directional meter
Module and inverter datasheets for the exact SKU quoted
Named site supervisor and a stated service-response window
An AMC price, so year-three cost is a number and not a surprise
One reachable reference customer within your own DISCOM area

Our own answer to check seven

The year-three question is the one installers dislike, so here is ours: we run a standalone AMC business, which is the only reason a service call in year four gets answered. A real customer, running for years, is a better answer than a paragraph.

A real Bridgeway install in Delhi NCR

5 kW

₹7,000 → ₹1,500monthly bill, before → after

Running 2 years

Staff bahut badhiya. I have already sent a referral.

Mukesh Jain · Delhi NCR

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