Keen to effectively implement energy conservation initiatives in the State, Haryana Government has directed its department to submit the status of mandatory installation of solar rooftop power plants along with penal action, procedure and penalty at the earliest.
Haryana Principal Secretary, New and Renewable Energy Department, Ankur Gupta has also urged the Industries Department to generate awareness about the solar rooftop power plants through the industries associations and chambers of industries.
Gupta, who was presiding over the 21st meeting of the Board of Governors
of Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) here sought from the Departments of Town and Country Planning, Urban local Bodies and Industries and Commerce and Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) as well as the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), the status of mandatory installation of solar rooftop power plants along with penal action, procedure and Penalty at the earliest.
He also directed the line departments to share the information on compliance of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) directions on quarterly basis.
Besides, he directed the departments who want their architects, engineers and empanelled professionals to be trained for ECBC to send their nominations to HAREDA so that their names may be included in the next training programmes.
Also, HAREDA would upload the list of architects who have imparted training on ECBC on its website, he added.
Gupta has asked HUDA to furnish the data of issuance of completion certificate for the houses built on plots measuring 500 square yards and above and about the number of projects and installed capacity of solar rooftop power plants.
During the meeting, he also directed the Urban local Bodies Department to inform the status of providing rebate in house tax or property tax for the house owners who install gird connected solar rooftop solar plants.
He asked the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) to inform the status of action taken for disconnection of electricity connection of the building owners who do not comply with mandatory installation of grid connected rooftop solar plants, status of availability of net meters along with details of pending applications and status of change in the billing software so that the incentives of net metering are duly automatically incorporated.
Director, HAREDA Ashima Brar, informed that HAREDA has launched an online portal for providing the services for installation of rooftop solar power plants.
She also suggested the Power Utilities to develop online portal for net metering for the convenience of the public.
The progress of preparing new schemes for providing reaper, bailer, raiker and trawler for collection of biomass by the Agriculture Department was also discussed in the meeting.