The ideas behind
the gathering.
An evidence-labelled account of the 2025 technical presentations, policy priorities and Rajasthan solar growth shared at the inaugural Suryasthan event.
Rajasthan’s solar transition,
as discussed at Suryasthan.
The deck captured a snapshot of growth in residential solar, emerging policy challenges and opportunities for collaboration across the energy ecosystem.
Source: Suryasthan 2025 presentation, delivered for the 20 December 2025 gathering at Clarks Amer, Jaipur. These historical statistics are from the presentation and are not independently verified. The figures reflect the deck as prepared at that time. This is an archive of discussion topics, not current legal, tariff or regulatory advice; verify any operative rule against the latest official RERC, MNRE and DISCOM notifications.
2025 rooftop solar growth and execution
The presentation traced Rajasthan residential rooftop growth before and after PM Surya Ghar. It credited a combination of simplified DISCOM operating procedures, regulatory changes, active monitoring, workshops and administrative coordination. The rooftop-installation figures concern Rajasthan as a whole and are not the number of systems installed because of Suryasthan.
The deck cites the November 2024 DISCOM SOP and February–March 2025 regulatory amendments as historical enablers. Such procedural summaries need current official verification before practical use.
REAR’s proposed policy improvements
The policy-request section called for differentiated financial support for approved hybrid inverters; technical qualification criteria for rooftop EPC vendors; and carrying forward exported net-metered electricity for annual settlement. It also flagged smart-meter code conversion, hybrid-system approvals and VNM/GNM operational SOPs as implementation gaps.
These were recommendations and identified gaps in the presentation—not evidence that the requested policies were approved or implemented.
The ₹17,000 state subsidy discussion
A dedicated segment reviewed Rajasthan’s 150-unit Nishulk Bijli initiative, its connection with PM Surya Ghar, eligibility, consumer consent, system installation and the then-described ₹17,000 state support. The presentation also cited 16 December 2025 as the start of state-subsidy disbursal.
The ₹17,000 figure describes a specific scheme and December 2025 context, not a universal subsidy entitlement. The deck itself flags a question about billing when consumption is below 150 units but solar generation is insufficient.
Virtual and Group Net Metering
The session explained VNM as allocation of one generating system’s energy credits across participating consumers, and GNM as allocation across multiple connections belonging to the same consumer. It discussed capacity, feasibility, charges, allocation changes, and possible storage-linked incentives.
The presentation describes the RERC DREGS Third Amendment, 2025; detailed eligibility, charges and operating SOPs should be checked against current official regulations.
Battery storage and future grid flexibility
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) were examined at grid scale, alongside renewable projects and behind consumer meters. The deck explored storage aggregation, demand response, energy arbitrage, peak discharge and solar-plus-storage safety considerations.
Crucially, this section is labelled a DRAFT RERC BESS framework in the 2025 deck. Proposed provisions must not be presented as law that was already in force.
Green Energy Open Access and large users
The presentation addressed eligibility, connectivity, approvals, charges and storage obligations under the 2025 Rajasthan Green Energy Open Access framework. It cited Petition No. 2357/2025 and an order date of 12 December 2025.
These are presentation-level references. This page does not independently certify the order, its final requirements or the current applicability of its calculations.
The organisations
behind the 2025 edition.
Acknowledging organisations credited in the official Suryasthan 2025 event presentation. Every tier shown below belongs to the completed 20 December 2025 edition.
- Feston
- Solar One Energy
- Navitas Solar
- Australian Premium Solar (APS)
- KOSOL
- SASA Energy
- Vatsar Power
- Premier Energies
- Kwiksol
- BKO Metal
- XWatt
- Sunora Solar
Source: the event sponsor/partner slide in the 20 December 2025 Suryasthan presentation. These are historical acknowledgements only. Government/utility logos and association acknowledgements on that slide are deliberately not displayed as commercial sponsorship or evidence of future endorsement.
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