“Although the enactment of consumer rights facilitates prosumers with the same status and rights as that of regular power consumers, the ceiling capacity of net-metering restricted only up to 10kW will impact the entire rooftop ecosystem in India adversely,” NSEFI said.

It said that the present provisions restrict the rights of higher load consumers to avail net-metering by installing solar rooftop within their premises as recognised by different state net-metering regulations and would result in very low adaptation of distributed solar.

“Additionally, no provision for further applicability beyond the 10 kW ceiling has been clarified in the rules for large consumers,” it added.

It said that these consumer rights would act against the consumer’s adaptability of rooftop or inhouse renewable energy sources, especially in the commercial and industrial segment.