The first Virtual Net Metering solar plant under BRPL in Delhi

How the 50 / 40 / 10 split works

One plant, one generation meter — and three beneficiary connections registered with the DISCOM. Each month, the units the plant exports are apportioned in the ratio agreed at sanction, and each connection sees its share as credited units on its own bill. No wires run between the properties; the sharing happens in the utility's billing system.

Synchronising with the DISCOM

The engineering was the easy half. Because no VNM plant had been energised under BRPL before, the allocation had to be established connection by connection: every beneficiary meter identified, consent recorded, the share ratio sanctioned, and the plant synchronised and net-metered before credits could begin flowing. Our founder described the work as navigating complex policy and regulatory requirements to build a model that others can now repeat.

• All beneficiary connections must sit under the same distribution licensee — here, BRPL.
• The share ratio is fixed at sanction and applied by the utility each billing cycle.
• Bi-facial modules and micro-inverters were used for yield and per-module reliability.
• Credits appear on each beneficiary's own BSES bill, not as a transfer between owners.

Sources

Every fact above is drawn from the following published coverage.

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