TAMIL NADU ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

5th

Floor, E.V.K. Sampath Maaligai, No. 68. College Road, Chennai, Pin Code: 600006.

Call Centre Tel: 7708060310, Email id: solarincentive@teda.in Website : www.teda.in/CIS

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Chief Ministers Solar Rooftop Capital Incentive Scheme

Application Form for Registration of LT Grid-Tie Solar Rooftop Power Plant

1 Category of the applicant : Group (incase of Apartments) Number of applicants: Capacity of the plant: (Subsidy restricted to No. of beneficiary/ kWp/ house) 5 kWp/10 kWp/ Multiples of 5 kWp

-------- kWp Details of group representative shall be given in Sl No. 2,3,4,5,6 & 7 below. However details of all group members to be filled in Form A.

2 Name of Applicant / Representative of Group Application *

3 Applicant full address * for correspondence

House No./Door No.: Flat / Buidling Name: Street /Area/Locality/Road:

Village /Town :* Taluk: District:* Pin code:

4 Contact No: *Mobile: 5 Email id: 6 Is Installation address same as the address mentioned above? Yes / No a If No, Location of the site for

SPV installation House No./Door No.: Flat / Buidling Name: Street /Area/Locality/Road:

Village /Town :* Taluk: District:* Pin code:

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Details of TANGEDCO service connection in which the SPV plant proposed in the premises is to be Tied up with Grid.

Service Connection No. - - - Tariff category (Tick the applicable category)

LA 1A / V

7 Do you authorize TEDA to forward your contact details to the Installers finalized by TEDA?

Yes / No

*Mandatory to send the correspondence

Form - A To be filled for each of the Joint Applicants Sl. No.

Name of Joint Applicant

Residential address. (if different from the Location of SPV plant Installation site mentioned in previous page)

Mobile No. Email id TANGEDCO SC Details

Plant capacity allocated to the Joint Applicants (kW)

SC No. Is Tariff CategoryLA1A?

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Yes / No

2

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Yes / No

3

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Yes / No

4

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Yes / No

5

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Yes / No

Declaration by Applicants / Beneficiaries

1. We hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of our knowledge. If information given by us is found to be false, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) is entitled to reject the application at any stage.

2. We hereby agree with the terms and conditions and specifications stipulated by Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) for the installation of the Solar Rooftop Power plant.

3. If we register on-line, we hereby agree to send the signed hard copy to TEDA, Chennai immediately.

4. After sanction accorded by TEDA, we hereby agree to place a work order as per the guidelines of TEDA on one of the installers selected by us from the list of Installers empanelled by TEDA.

5. If we are not the owner of the building and / or the person in whose name the EB service connection has been obtained we hereby agree not to make TEDA or the Government of Tamil Nadu a party in disputes with the owner of the premises or the TANGEDCO service connection holder in relation to the installation and operation of the rooftop Solar PV plant.

6. We hereby agree not to make TEDA or the Government of Tamil Nadu a party in disputes between the partners regarding the installation and operation of the jointly owned rooftop Solar PV plant including disputes relating to the sharing of energy production by the jointly owned solar PV plant.

7. We hereby agree to furnish along with the hard copy of this application a nomination (in the format given by TEDA) signed by all group applicants by which the undersigned has been nominated as the one-point contact and liaison person with TEDA for matters relating to the proposed rooftop solar PV plant.

8. We hereby agree to bear the cost for provision of bidirectional meter in addition with the project cost and the same shall be deducted from the State Government subsidy.

Date: Place: Signature of the Applicants 1.

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For Office Use:

Registration number:

Date of Registration:

Sanction Date :

Sanction No. :

Terms & Conditions / Detailed Guidelines to be adhered by the Applicant:

1. For individual applicant only 1 KWp plants for residential purpose will be considered for a TamilNadu Government subsidy of Rs. 20,000/- per kWp

2. The subsidy can be availed only by domestic consumers with a TANGEDCO service connection under tariff LT-1A.

In residential apartments having swimming pool with TANGEDCO service connection for common purpose other than LT-1A tariff shall also be considered for this subsidy scheme.

3. The subsidy scheme applies only to grid-connected rooftop solar PV systems comprising solar PV modules, rooftop support structure, solar grid inverter, cabling and protective devices. Grid-Tie system only will be considered.

4. Solar power that is not consumed in the residential building can be exported to the TANGEDCO grid and will be eligible for solar net-metering. In solar net-metering the consumer pays for the net energy imported from the TANGEDCO grid (= energy imported from the grid minus energy exported to the grid). Exported energy will be credited up to a limit of 90% of the imported energy during a 12 months settlement period. To avail of solar net-metering the consumer needs to apply to TANGEDCO. For details the Tamil Nadu Consumer Guide for Solar Net-metering may be consulted. This consumer guide can be found at http://www.teda.in/teda/uploads/editor/files/Solar net metering Consumer Guide.pdf.

5. Change of address: The change of address shall not be allowed. If an applicants moves to a different address after the registration of an application, a new application with the new address details will have to be filed and application seniority of the old application will be cancelled.

6. Signed hard copies after on-line registrations must be sent to TEDA office in Chennai immediately. If the hard copy application is not received, the online registration shall be annulled. Seniority will be as per online submission date.

7. Applicants who do not make on-line applications will be given application seniority on the basis of the date of receipt of the hard copy application in TEDAs Chennai office.These applications will be assigned seniority after the on-line applications received on that day.

8. In case of flats / apartments, the application can be made individually or collectively by flat owners.

9. The subsidy scheme provides also for applications for joint ownership of a rooftop solar PV plant that serves more than one residence with the following conditions: a) The joint applicants shall each contribute to the jointly owned rooftop solar PV plant in

relation to the plant capacity allocated to them.

b) The average plant capacity per applicant shall not exceed 1 kWp (e.g. a joint application by 10 joint applicants cannot be for a plant capacity in excess of 10 kWp). For plants of a higher capacity, the subsidy will be capped at an average of 1 kWp per applicant.

c) The contract with the installer of the rooftop solar PV plant shall be entered into by the Association or Groups representation after obtaining written approval of each joint applicant on the terms of the contract.

d) Existing registered flat owners associations may apply for the installation of rooftop solar PV plant that serve the common facilities of an apartment complex (e.g. lights, pumps, lifts). For these solar plants, the solar grid inverter output shall be connected to the electrical distribution board(s) of these common facilities and the existing collective service connection may be used for the purpose of net-metering. In this set-up there are no credits of export kWh to the service connections of individual applicants but only to the collective service connection to which the common facilities are connected.

10. TEDA will provide sanction letters for both online and offline applications. These sanction letters will be available on the website of TEDA for downloading by the applicants. The applicants can then check status,download workorder formats, sanction format etc., by giving their Registration number.

11. List of Installer / Installers approved by TEDA with the price after shortlisting through tender process shall be displayed on the TEDA website. The applicant shall select one of the Installer from this list .

12. The inter-connection between the solar grid inverter and the buildings electrical distribution board for a maximum cable length of 25 m will be within the scope of the solar plant Installer. The cost of additional lengths of cable shall be borne by the applicant.

13. Approved cost by TEDA will be for flat roof installation only. If the roof is not flat and requires additional mounting structure then that will have to be separately borne by the applicant.

14. a) The applicant shall make payment of the solar PV system cost to the Installer excluding 30% Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) subsidy , Rs. 20,000 per kWp State Incentive .

b) The comprehensive maintenance charges(CMC) to be paid to the Installer is optional .

c) 30 % MNRE subsidy limited to 30% of MNRE bench mark cost or project cost, whichever is less

15. Under this scheme, no Generation Based Incentive(GBI) will be provided by the Government of TamilNadu.