Rooftop solar in Delhi NCR, without the runaround.
Three DISCOMs inside Delhi, different rules across the NCR border, terraces shared between floors — Delhi solar is a process problem more than a technology problem. We manage it end to end: eligibility, vetted quotes, net metering, subsidy credit.
Three DISCOMs, a state generation incentive, and complex terrace rights.
DISCOMs serving Delhi NCR.
Your DISCOM approves feasibility, installs the net meter, inspects the plant and triggers the subsidy release — so knowing which one serves your address is the first practical fact of any solar project.
- BSES Rajdhani Power (BRPL)
- South and west Delhi — e.g. Saket, Vasant Kunj, Dwarka, Janakpuri
- BSES Yamuna Power (BYPL)
- East and central Delhi — e.g. Laxmi Nagar, Mayur Vihar, Karol Bagh belt
- Tata Power Delhi Distribution (TPDDL)
- North and north-west Delhi — e.g. Rohini, Pitampura, Model Town
- NDMC
- The New Delhi municipal area (Lutyens' Delhi)
- NCR satellites
- Gurugram/Faridabad: DHBVN (Haryana) · Noida/Ghaziabad: PVVNL (UP). Different state, different DISCOM, different state-incentive picture — the central CFA applies everywhere.
Coverage descriptions are indicative at neighbourhood level — your electricity bill names your DISCOM definitively, and the national portal routes your application by consumer number.
The Delhi NCR solar picture.
Delhi is one of India's most rewarding rooftop-solar markets on paper: brutal summer sun, high slab tariffs that climb steeply with consumption, and a state policy that pays a generation-based incentive on top of the central PM Surya Ghar subsidy. A Delhi household running air conditioners through May–September is exactly the consumer profile solar was designed for — the units you generate at 2 pm are the most expensive units you would otherwise buy.
What complicates Delhi is structure, not economics. The city's housing stock is dominated by builder floors and plotted houses where the terrace legally belongs to — or is shared with — specific floors, so roof rights need documenting before any application. Then there is DISCOM geography: BSES Rajdhani, BSES Yamuna and Tata Power-DDL each run their own empanelment lists and inspection rhythms, and what takes two weeks in one zone can take six in another for identical paperwork.
Across the NCR border the rules change again: Gurugram and Faridabad fall under Haryana's DHBVN, Noida and Ghaziabad under UP's PVVNL — the central CFA is identical, but state incentives, empanelment and net-metering practice follow the state you're standing in. We handle briefs across the whole NCR and keep the differences straight so you don't have to.
The details specific to Delhi NCR.
Terrace rights come first
On builder floors and shared plots, the roof is often owned or shared by specific floors. Documented consent — before the DISCOM application — is the difference between a smooth file and a stalled one.
Three DISCOMs, three rhythms
Identical applications move at different speeds across BRPL, BYPL and TPDDL. Knowing each zone's empanelment list and inspection practice saves weeks of chasing.
Dust and generation
Delhi's dust load is among India's highest; an uncleaned array can quietly lose a meaningful share of generation. A cleaning schedule belongs in the O&M plan from day one, not after the first disappointing bill.
The NCR border changes the rules
Gurugram (DHBVN) and Noida (PVVNL) follow Haryana and UP practice respectively — same central subsidy, different state layer and process. Your quote comparison should reflect the right state, not 'Delhi in general'.
Delhi Solar Policy — generation-based incentive on top of central CFA.
Delhi households claim the central PM Surya Ghar CFA (up to ₹78,000) through the national portal, and the Delhi Solar Policy adds a generation-based incentive — a per-unit payment credited through the electricity bill for what the plant actually generates, historically tiered by system size and paid for a defined period. NCR satellites follow their own states' frameworks instead.
Current GBI rates, tiers and payout duration must be confirmed against the latest Government of NCT of Delhi notification before relying on them.
State-incentive specifics are being verified with current government sources before we publish exact rates. Talk to us for the latest position.
What we do for Delhi NCR clients.
Delhi NCR: clear answers.
- The central PM Surya Ghar CFA — ₹30,000/kW for the first 2 kW and ₹18,000 for the 3rd kW, capped at ₹78,000 — plus Delhi's generation-based incentive paid per unit generated under the state solar policy (rates per the current notification). Both are claimed without any agent fee; the CFA goes straight to your bank account after commissioning.
- Whichever serves your address: BSES Rajdhani (south/west Delhi), BSES Yamuna (east/central Delhi), Tata Power-DDL (north/north-west Delhi) or NDMC in the Lutyens zone. You don't choose — the national portal routes your application by your consumer number. In Gurugram it's DHBVN and in Noida PVVNL, under their own states' processes.
- Usually yes, with the terrace owner's documented consent — the roof typically belongs to or is shared with the top floor. We help structure the consent (and shared-system arrangements where multiple floors participate) so the DISCOM application doesn't bounce.
- Most independent Delhi homes land between 2 and 5 kW. The subsidy sweet spot is 3 kW (the full ₹78,000 CFA); whether going larger makes sense depends on your summer consumption and roof area. We size from twelve months of bills, not from a salesperson's default.