CPDL supplies power in Chandigarh and connects your plant to the grid.
JERC sets the net-metering rules. CREST runs the city's solar programmes.
PM Surya Ghar, the rooftop mandate and year-end credit sit on top.
We file the paperwork for Chandigarh from our Ludhiana office.
Chandigarh, at a glance.
CPDL supplies power in Chandigarh and connects your plant to the grid.
JERC sets the net-metering rules. CREST runs the city's solar programmes.
PM Surya Ghar, the rooftop mandate and year-end credit sit on top.
We file the paperwork for Chandigarh from our Ludhiana office.
Schemes that apply in Chandigarh
One central scheme and the Union Territory's own rules. Amounts and dates can change, so each card links to its source.
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana
Central assistance for rooftop solar on homes: ₹30,000 per kW for the first 2 kW and ₹18,000 for the third kW, capped at ₹78,000. It needs DCR modules and an application on the national portal.
1 kW₹30,000
2 kW₹60,000
3 kW or more₹78,000
Housing societies and resident welfare associations get ₹18,000 per kW for common facilities, up to 500 kW at 3 kW per house.
Chandigarh gets the general-category amounts, the same as Punjab and Haryana. A Lok Sabha reply confirmed ₹78,000 for a 3 kW home. The scheme runs until March 2027 (FY 2026-27). Check the portal for any extension.
Rooftop solar has been mandatory for houses on plots of 500 sq yd and above since 2016, and for government, institutional and commercial buildings. Extending it to smaller plots has been proposed.
If your plot is covered, the plant is part of the building rules, and the Administration has sent notices for houses that did not comply. Check the current bylaws for the plot-size threshold before you plan.
No extra Chandigarh subsidy on top of the central amount is confirmed. The Administration has been reported to have asked the Ministry of Home Affairs for one in late 2025, and we found no approval.
Not confirmed: availability can only be checked with the agency.
Do not count on it. Ask CREST or CPDL before you rely on any Union Territory top-up.
The connection is approved by CPDL, under JERC rules. The tag on each step says who does it.
Wesics
Survey and size
We measure the roof, map shade, read your bills and check your sanctioned load. You get an itemised quote and a 3D layout.
Wesics
File with CPDL
We file the net-metering application with CPDL. For PM Surya Ghar the application also starts on the national portal.
DISCOM
Feasibility and approval
CPDL checks that your connection can take the plant and approves the application. Timelines are set by the DISCOM and JERC. See the reported rules below, and ask us for the current expectation.
Wesics
Install to the approved design
Our crew installs the modules, structure, cables, earthing and protection to the approved design.
DISCOM
Inspection and meter
CPDL inspects the plant and fits or approves a bi-directional meter.
You
Commissioning and subsidy claim
The plant is commissioned and the meter starts counting both ways. With PM Surya Ghar, commissioning is what lets the subsidy claim go through.
Reported rules in Chandigarh, check before relying
These points come from the regulator or from press reports of its orders. Confirm them with CPDL or JERC before you rely on them.
Unused banked units left at the end of the financial year are credited at the average power purchase cost that JERC approves. CPDL was reported to credit ₹3.61 a unit for 2025-26.Business News This Week, 4 Jul 2026(opens in a new tab)
The Ministry of Power asked states and Union Territories in October 2025 to drop the separate net-metering agreement for PM Surya Ghar and use the digital agreement in the portal application. We could not confirm that JERC or CPDL has issued a matching change.SolarQuarter, 6 Oct 2025(opens in a new tab)
Rooftop plants connect under the JERC grid-interactive rooftop solar regulations for Goa and the Union Territories, which cover net and gross metering.JERC(opens in a new tab)
Who does what in Chandigarh
These bodies touch every rooftop plant. Each name links to its glossary entry.
Bodies that govern solar in Chandigarh and what each does
Supplies and bills power across the Union Territory of Chandigarh, processes net-metering applications, inspects plants and fits meters.
CRESTChandigarh Renewable Energy and Science and Technology Promotion Society
The Union Territory's nodal agency for renewable energy. It works with resident associations and CPDL on rooftop solar and keeps the data on the mandate.
Official links for Chandigarh
Go to these for current forms, rules and tariffs. We link only to the official sites.
We have not stated plant-size limits, approval fees, timelines or tariff slabs for Chandigarh. We could not read the JERC regulation, and the limits in the summaries we found did not match home-sized systems. CREST's website did not load when we checked on 23 October 2026, so it has no link here; CPDL and JERC above are the sources.
Working in another region too?
We serve Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh from Ludhiana. Each region has its own DISCOM, regulator and state agency.
