Industrial Rooftop Solar Panipat | ₹23,000/kW

Industrial areas we cover in Panipat

Sector 25 Part I & II (HUDA)

About 681 plots and 570 producing units; Part II hosts the textile-machinery cluster (2015-16).

Sector 29 Part I & II (HUDA)

About 947 plots and 624 producing units (2015-16 district profile).

Industrial Area, Panipat

About 238 plots and 180 producing units (2015-16 district profile).

HSIIDC Industrial Estate, Samalkha

About 77 plots; Samalkha is known for agricultural-implement foundries.

Refinery belt, Baholi

Area around the IndianOil Panipat refinery and petrochemical complex.

Panipat industries that suit rooftop solar

Textiles & home furnishings

India's biggest centre for blankets and carpets; looms and finishing run on day shifts.

Shoddy (recycled) yarn

Panipat is described as the world's biggest shoddy-yarn centre; recycling lines are power-hungry.

Textile machinery

A 121-unit fabrication cluster in Sector 25 Part II runs welding and CNC loads.

Foundries (Samalkha)

Cast-iron foundries run melting and machining loads.

Made-up exports

Exporters of durries, mats, rugs and towels face buyer pressure on carbon footprint.

UHBVN and Haryana rules for factory solar

Net metering up to 500 kW

Under HERC's 2021 rooftop regulations, net metering is allowed up to 500 kW or your sanctioned load / contract demand, whichever is lower. Larger plants can use gross metering up to contract demand. Consumers drawing open-access power cannot also net-meter.

Source: HERC Rooftop Solar Regulations 2021

How surplus units are settled

Since HERC's 2nd Amendment (October 2025), surplus credits carry forward within a 1 October – 30 September settlement period. Credits left at the end are bought by the DISCOM at 90% of the feed-in tariff, so size the plant for daytime self-consumption.

Source: HERC 2nd Amendment, DHBVN circular D-23/2025

FY2026-27 industrial tariff

HT industrial supply (above 50 kW) pays ₹6.95/kVAh at 11 kV and ₹6.85/kVAh at 33 kV, plus ₹290/kVA/month of contract demand. Electricity duty, municipal tax and FSA are extra. There is no solar-hour rebate in the FY2026-27 schedule.

Source: HERC tariff order 25 Mar 2026 (DHBVN circular D-06/2026)

Applying to UHBVN

UHBVN runs its own rooftop portal (solarconnection.uhbvn.org.in). HERC rules require feasibility within 15 days and a Letter of Approval within 22 days; plants above 20 kWp also need a safety certificate from the Chief Electrical Inspector before commissioning.

Source: UHBVN rooftop solar FAQ

Green open access from 100 kW

Consumers with 100 kW or more of contract demand can buy green power through open access; since 2025 several connections in the same operation division can be clubbed to reach 100 kW. FY2026-27 HT charges include ₹0.73/kWh wheeling and ₹1.45/kWh cross-subsidy surcharge.

Source: HERC GEOA amendment 2025; DHBVN circular D-06/2026

Payback on a 100 kW rooftop in Panipat

Item	Value	Basis
System cost	₹23,00,000	100 kW × ₹23,000/kW, ex-GST (Sun Wave reference)
Year-1 generation	1,20,000 units	100 kW × 1,200 kWh/kWp/year (Delhi Solar Policy, 2nd Amendment 2026)
Grid energy charge avoided	₹6.95/kVAh	HT industrial energy charge at 11 kV, FY2026-27 (HERC FY2026-27 order (DHBVN circular D-06/2026))
Year-1 saving	≈ ₹8,34,000	1,20,000 × ₹6.95
Simple payback	≈ 2.8 years	System cost ÷ year-1 saving

Illustrative only. Assumes the factory uses all solar output during working hours and counts the energy charge alone, treating one kVAh as one kWh (unity power factor). It excludes GST, demand charges, surcharges, panel degradation, O&M and financing. Your actual payback depends on your tariff category, load profile and roof. Try the solar savings calculator with your own bill.

What Panipat factories should know

In September 2025 Panipat industry leaders told the Chief Minister that untimely power breakdowns were causing heavy losses, that HT fixed charges had risen from ₹165 to ₹290/kVA, and asked for the 500 kW net-metering cap to be lifted.

Source: The Tribune, Sep 2025

The 2015-16 district profile counted about 5,800 industrial units in Panipat, including 1,929 cotton-textile micro and small units.

Source: DC-MSME Panipat profile 2015-16

Panipat is served by UHBVN's Panipat operation circle, with City, Sub-Urban and Samalkha divisions.

Source: UHBVN Panipat contact directory

Panipat is in the National Capital Region, so CAQM Direction No. 76 applies: diesel DG sets may run only as backup, and older sets of 41–800 kW need dual-fuel kits or certified emission-control retrofits. Rooftop solar cuts the daytime units a DG set or the grid has to supply.

Source: CAQM Direction No. 76 (as amended 2024)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it UHBVN or DHBVN for solar net metering in Panipat?

UHBVN. Panipat falls in UHBVN's Panipat operation circle, with City, Sub-Urban and Samalkha divisions, so applications go on UHBVN's portal, solarconnection.uhbvn.org.in.

What is the maximum solar net-metering limit for a textile factory in Panipat?

Under HERC's 2021 regulations, net metering is allowed up to 500 kW or your sanctioned load / contract demand, whichever is lower. Panipat industry bodies have asked the state to raise the cap to sanctioned load, so check the current HERC regulation when sizing a plant.

Is rooftop solar worth it for Panipat textile units?

Spinning, weaving and finishing loads run through the day, so most solar output is used on site at the ₹6.95/kVAh HT energy charge. Sun Wave's reference price is ₹23,000/kW excluding GST at 100 kW, final after a site survey.

What does a 500 kW solar plant cost for a Panipat industry?

Sun Wave's reference rate for 500 kW is ₹22,000/kW, about ₹1.1 crore excluding GST, subject to a site survey. Under HERC rules, plants of 20 kW and above need AMR metering and plants above 50 kWp a check meter.

Panipat factory solar: 100 kW at ₹23,000/kW

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