The rights associated with open access solar power are governed by the electricity act 2003 to regulate competition in the market.
Open access solar power plant.
Open access enables corporations and industries with more than 1 mw loads to directly buy power from the market.
Most of the open access solar projects in india are currently in madhya pradesh andhra pradesh karnataka and chhattisgarh.
Open access makes sense for an industry with high round the clock power demand as their consumption can be off set by cheaper renewable power.
Open access allows large users of power typically having connected load of 1 megawatt mw and above to buy cheaper power from the open market.
290 mwp capacity from three solar parks in india.
Largest market share in open access solar in india in 2018.
In case of solar power the state wise open access charges can vary from as low as inr 0 2 kwh in andhra pradesh to inr 1 5 kwh in uttarakhand.
Amplus has successfully installed and commissioned two open access solar parks in the state of karnataka and the third one in the state of uttar pradesh.
For larger power consumers of over 1 mw open access solar provides an attractive option of selecting their power suppliers accessing quality power reducing power costs and going green.
The common feature is that in both cases the power is supplied through the grid directly without being routed through a discom.
40 globally renowned customers purchasing solar power through open access route.