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APSPDCL Connects One Lakh Rooftop Solar Systems in Six Months
Andhra Pradesh’s southern power company has connected many rooftop solar systems to the electricity grid.
It reached one lakh connected systems in six months.
Together, these systems can produce 210 megawatts of electricity.
The systems are being installed at eligible Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe households.
They are located across nine districts served by the company.
The company plans to install 2.07 lakh systems in total.
Extra electricity from the systems goes into the local power grid.
Officials say they will speed up the remaining installations.
APSPDCL connected one lakh rooftop solar systems to the grid in six months.
The installations have a combined capacity of 210 MW.
The systems serve eligible Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe households across nine districts.
APSPDCL aims to install 2.07 lakh systems with a total capacity of 415 MW.
The installations are being carried out under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana.
- Who
- Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited, led by chairman and managing director Shiva Shankar Lotheti, carried out the installations.
- What
- APSPDCL connected one lakh rooftop solar systems with a combined capacity of 210 MW.
- Where
- The systems were installed across nine districts under APSPDCL’s jurisdiction in Andhra Pradesh.
- When
- The milestone was reached over six months.
- Why
- The installations are intended to expand rooftop solar power for eligible Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe households under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana.
Key facts
- Connected systems
- One lakh rooftop solar systems
- Connected capacity
- 210 MW
- Total planned systems
- 2.07 lakh
- Total planned capacity
- 415 MW
- Eligible consumers
- Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe households
- Coverage
- Nine districts under APSPDCL’s jurisdiction
- Government program
- PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana
Quotes
Shiva Shankar Lotheti
Chairman and managing director of APSPDCL
“The discom will speed up remaining installations and their connection to the grid”
deccanchronicle.com
Sources
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