1,000 MW solar projects stuck in Haryana.

About 1,000 MW of solar projects in Haryana are unable to transmit electricity because distribution firms are not giving them the required connectivity, a grouping of solar power developers said.

The Distributed Solar Power Association, a body of solar rooftop developers, told ET it’s likely to soon file a petition before the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission protesting the power discoms’ reluctance.

All these are ‘open access’ projects, where developers supply power directly to their customers without routing it via a discom. But they need the consent of the area’s discom to do so.

Though open access transmission is being encouraged by states, in practice, there has been a big push back from discoms against this because discoms lose revenue if power is transmitted directly.

ET