In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires;
(1) “accuracy class index” means the index as specified in the Schedule to the Central Electricity Authority (Installation and Operation of Meters) Regulations, 2006;
(2) “Act” means the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003);
(3) “agreement” means the agreement entered into for connecting rooftop Solar PV system to the distribution system;
(4) “applicable tariff” means the tariff applicable for supply of electricity by the licensee to the consumer in accordance with relevant Schedule of tariff as per tariff order of the Commission;
(5) “billing period” means the period for which regular electricity bills as specified by the Commission, are prepared by the licensee for different categories of consumers and “billing month” means includes the consecutive period of 30 days or so forming part of billing period;
(6) “Commission” means the Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission;
(7) “distribution licensee” or “licensee” means a person granted a license under Section 14 of the Act, authorizing him to operate and maintain a distribution system for supplying electricity to the consumers in his area of supply;
(8) “Electricity Supply Code" means the Electricity Supply Code, specified under section 50 of the Act;
(9) “eligible consumer” means such a consumer getting supply of electricity from distribution licensee in its area of supply, who uses or intends to use a rooftop Solar PV system installed in his premises to offset part or all of the consumer's own electrical requirements as per the provisions of these regulations;
(10) “financial year” or “year” means the period beginning from the first of April in an English calendar year and ending with the thirty-first of the March of the next year;
(11) “Form” means the Form appended in these regulations;
(12) “interconnection” means the interface of solar power generation facility system with the network of the distribution licensee;
(13) “invoice” means either a periodic bill/supplementary bill or a periodic invoice/ supplementary invoice raised by the distribution licensee;
(14) “kWp” means kilo Watt peak;
(15) “net meter” means the meter, alongwith allied metering equipments, to be installed and maintained by the licensee at the cost of the consumer, for reading Compendium of HPERC Regulations, March 2021 3 the net import or export of electrical energy by the consumer from/ to the distribution system and the corresponding demand or injection;
(16) “net metering" means an arrangement under which rooftop solar system installed at eligible consumer’s premises, delivers surplus electricity, if any, to the distribution licensee after off-setting the electricity supplied by distribution licensee during the applicable billing period;
(17) “Obligated Entity” means the entity mandated under clause (e) of sub-section
(1) of section 86 of the Act to fulfill the renewable purchase obligation and under Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Renewable Power Purchase Obligation and its Compliance) Regulations, 2010;
1 [(18) “premises” means rooftops and/or open areas on the land, building or infrastructure or part or combination thereof in respect of which a separate meter or metering arrangements have been made by the licensee for supply of electricity;]
(19) “Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)” means the certificate issued in accordance with the procedures approved by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, pursuant to Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for recognition and issuance of Renewable Energy Certificate for Renewable Energy Generation) Regulations, 2010;
(20) “Rooftop Solar system” means the grid interactive solar photo voltaic power system, installed on the rooftop of consumer premises that uses sunlight for direct conversion into electricity through photo voltaic technology;
(21) “Settlement Period” means a maximum period of 12 consecutive billing months, comprised in the billing periods, falling between 16 th March of a financial year and 14th April of the next financial year, in which the solar PV system remains operative under the net-metering arrangement;
(22) “Solar Meter” means a unidirectional energy meter, for recording the electricity generation, installed at the point at which electricity generated by Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) system, is delivered to the main panel of the eligible consumer;
(23) all other words and expressions used in these regulations although not specifically defined herein, but defined in the Act, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Act; the other words and expressions used herein but not specifically defined in these regulations or in the Act but defined under any law passed by the Parliament or any other regulations issued by the Commission, applicable to the electricity industry in the State, shall have the meaning assigned to them in such law/regulation.