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Rooftop solar in Punjab is distributed by PSPCL (Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd), regulated by Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) / PEDA, averages 5.2 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
PSPCL (Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd)
Metering policy
Net metering with annual settlement under PSERC regulations
Avg. irradiance
5.2 kWh/m²/day
Benchmark cost
₹55,000 / kW
What is different about selling solar in Punjab
Punjab has one utility, PSPCL, which removes the multi-discom complexity seen in UP or Maharashtra, but agricultural tariff subsidies shape the market in a way installers underestimate: subsidised or free agricultural supply means farm connections rarely have a payback case, while Ludhiana and Jalandhar's industrial units — hosiery, auto components, machine tools — have high daytime three-phase load and genuinely short paybacks. Winter fog from December to January visibly depresses generation for several weeks, so an annual yield assumption borrowed from Rajasthan will over-promise; model the seasonal dip explicitly in a customer-facing savings figure.
Nodal agency
Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA)
Main demand centres
Ludhiana · Amritsar · Jalandhar · Patiala · Mohali
Punjab net-metering capacity rule
PSPCL is the single distribution utility for the state and sanctions net metering under PSERC regulations with annual settlement of banked units.
Net metering in Punjab
Regulator: Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) / PEDA
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 Punjab
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 Punjab route through Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA). 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 Punjab
Compare Punjab'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 Punjab 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 4,271 kWh
5 kW rooftop
₹2,75,000
Est. annual yield 7,118 kWh
10 kW rooftop
₹5,50,000
Est. annual yield 14,235 kWh