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Policy & regulation

Tariff orders, fuel surcharges, court rulings and DISCOM circulars: how the rules that price your power keep moving.

Captive Solar and Group Captive Basics

Explain captive and group captive solar structures at a high level for businesses comparing rooftop, PPA and open access.

8 Jul 2026Read

Electricity Consumer Grievance Redressal

Understand CGRF, ombudsman and complaint escalation paths for billing, meter, voltage and connection process disputes.

8 Jul 2026Read

Contract Demand Rules in Tariff Orders

How tariff orders treat contract demand, billing demand, excess demand and load factor without publishing state-specific rates.

8 Jul 2026Read

Cross Subsidy in Electricity Tariffs

Why commercial and industrial tariffs often carry cross-subsidy logic and how that shapes open access and policy debates.

8 Jul 2026Read

Electricity Duty and Taxes in Bills

Clarify electricity duty, taxes, cess and government charges that businesses see on bills apart from energy and demand.

8 Jul 2026Read

Fuel Surcharge in Electricity Bills Explained

Why FAC, FPPA and FPPPA lines move bills between tariff orders as power purchase, fuel cost and regulatory true-up change.

8 Jul 2026Read

Green Open Access Rules Explained

A stable explainer on green open access conversations: eligibility, approvals, charges, renewable supply and corporate claims.

8 Jul 2026Read

How Electricity Tariffs Are Set in India

A plain guide to ERC tariff orders, MYT cycles, public hearings, DISCOM petitions, APTEL appeals and how C&I bills are shaped.

8 Jul 2026Read

Net Metering and Rooftop Solar Policy in India

How MNRE, MoP, ERCs and DISCOMs shape rooftop solar through net metering, net billing, gross metering, banking and open access.

8 Jul 2026Read

Renewable Purchase Obligation Context

A plain guide to RPO, green power procurement and why it shows up in policy, open access and corporate energy discussions.

8 Jul 2026Read

Time of Day Tariff Policy India

Explain why regulators push ToD tariffs, what it means for factories and why timing matters more as renewables grow.

8 Jul 2026Read

Wheeling, Banking and Open Access Charges

Explain charges that appear around open access and renewable procurement without turning the article into dated tariff tables.

8 Jul 2026Read