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Rooftop solar in Kerala is distributed by KSEBL (Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd), regulated by Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) / ANERT, averages 4.9 kWh/m²/day of usable irradiance, and is eligible for the central PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana scheme — SolvSolar applies those defaults automatically to every 45-second proposal.
DISCOMs covered
KSEBL (Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd)
Metering policy
Soura scheme net metering with monthly banking
Avg. irradiance
4.9 kWh/m²/day
Benchmark cost
₹55,000 / kW
What is different about selling solar in Kerala
Kerala is the simplest state to operate in administratively — one utility, KSEBL, covers every consumer, so there is a single portal, a single set of forms and no zone-by-zone variation. The complication is physical: at roughly 4.9 kWh/m²/day with a long south-west monsoon, annual yield per kW is among the lowest in mainland India, and a proposal that borrows a Gujarat generation figure will over-promise by a wide margin. Sloped tiled roofs are the norm rather than flat RCC, so mounting structure cost per kW runs higher and should be priced into the BOM rather than absorbed.
Nodal agency
Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology (ANERT)
Main demand centres
Thiruvananthapuram · Kochi · Kozhikode · Thrissur
Kerala net-metering capacity rule
KSEBL is the single distribution licensee for the whole state and administers net metering under KSERC regulations, historically through the Soura rooftop programme with monthly banking of exported units.
Net metering in Kerala
Regulator: Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) / ANERT
Needs verification
Rooftop solar in this state is connected under the state electricity regulatory commission's net-metering regulations: the installer files an application with the local DISCOM, the DISCOM sanctions feasibility against the consumer's sanctioned load, the plant is installed by an empanelled vendor, and a bi-directional meter is installed after inspection before commissioning and credit settlement begin. Exact load caps, capacity ceilings, settlement period and fee schedule must be confirmed against the current DISCOM circular before quoting.
PM Surya Ghar subsidy in Kerala
Needs verification
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana is a central (all-India) scheme, so residential consumers in this state are eligible on the same national basis, applying through the National Portal and a state-empanelled vendor, with the subsidy released to the consumer's bank account after installation and DISCOM inspection. Current slab amounts, any additional state top-up, and the state nodal-agency workflow must be verified before being shown to a customer.
Applications in Kerala route through Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology (ANERT). The exact slab maths — ₹30,000/kW for the first 2 kW, ₹18,000/kW for the third, capped at ₹78,000 — is worked through in our PM Surya Ghar subsidy guide.
Related reading for Kerala
Compare Kerala's rules against every other state in the DISCOM-wise net metering guide, size the system against ROI benchmarks by system size, confirm module eligibility in the ALMM compliance guide, and see how the software costs stack up against Arka360 or Aurora Solar. Common questions are answered in the solar encyclopedia.
Start a Kerala proposal
Indicative benchmark pricing at ₹55,000 / kW — your own costing, BOM and PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana treatment are applied inside the proposal engine.
3 kW rooftop
₹1,65,000
Est. annual yield 4,024 kWh
5 kW rooftop
₹2,75,000
Est. annual yield 6,707 kWh
10 kW rooftop
₹5,50,000
Est. annual yield 13,414 kWh