State DISCOM Open Access: Captive & Group Captive Power Purchase Agreements

Energy-intensive manufacturing plants with restricted roof area can procure cost-effective off-site renewable power across state transmission grids through Group Captive Solar Structures, legally bypassing punitive Cross-Subsidy Surcharges by holding twenty-six percent equity ownership in the generating plant and consuming fifty-one percent of generated power.

Under the landmark Green Energy Open Access Rules, the eligibility threshold has been lowered to just one hundred kilowatts for all commercial power consumers. Utilizing contractual DISCOM Power Banking Agreements, factories can offset energy-intensive night shifts with low-cost daytime solar generation, driving blended electricity tariffs down from eleven rupees to under six rupees per unit.