Thestate solar rooftop schemehas helped 3,026 housing societies acrossMaharashtragenerate 52MW of electricity in the grid, and saved them lakhs of rupees in power bills.
“We appeal to more housing societies to install rooftop solar power generation projects,”MSEDCLmanaging directorVijay Singhalsaid on Monday. He added that the electricity generated by rooftop solar projects in housing societies was used for operating lifts, water pumps and lighting staircases and parking areas. “If excess power is generated, it is passed on to the grid to MSEDCL and recorded through net metering,” Singhal explained. “In lieu of the electricity supplied to the grid, MSEDCL provides a reduction in the Society‘s monthly electricity bill.”
As an example, Singhal cited the case of a housing society in Thane which installed a 90 kilowatt solar power plant and the electricity bill of Rs 1.5 lakh was reduced to Rs 71,000.