Open Access Solar Power Plant

The idea is that the customers should be able to choose among a large number of competing power companies instead of being forced to buy electricity from their existing electric utility monopoly.

Open access solar power plant.

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 rights associated with open access solar power are governed by the electricity act 2003 to regulate competition in the market. Solar rooftop developers are increasingly choosing to supply power to customers through open access locating the solar plant elsewhere rather than set it up on the premises of their clients.

290 mwp capacity from three solar parks in india. Most of the open access solar projects in india are currently in madhya pradesh andhra pradesh karnataka and chhattisgarh. 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. Open access enables corporations and industries with more than 1 mw loads to directly buy power from the market.

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. 40 globally renowned customers purchasing solar power through open access route. Largest market share in open access solar in india in 2018.