UGVCL Net Metering Process: A Local Step-by-Step Guide

Rooftop solar around Ahmedabad is split between DISCOMs. Most of the city is Torrent Power; Gandhinagar, Kalol, Mehsana and much of North Gujarat fall under UGVCL (Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited). The subsidy is identical, the paperwork route is not.

Which DISCOM are you on?

Check the header of your electricity bill. If it names UGVCL, follow this guide; if it names Torrent Power, use the Ahmedabad net metering guide instead. Either way we confirm it from your consumer number before filing anything.

The UGVCL net metering process, step by step

1. Portal application - register on the national rooftop portal with your UGVCL consumer number and select UGVCL as your DISCOM.
2. Technical feasibility - UGVCL checks your sanctioned load and the local distribution transformer capacity against your proposed system size. Do not order material before this clears.
3. Feasibility approval and vendor confirmation - the approved capacity may differ from what you requested; the design is finalised against the approval.
4. Installation by a portal-registered vendor using DCR-compliant modules.
5. Net metering application and agreement - submitted with the plant details, test reports and installation documents; an agreement is executed with UGVCL.
6. Meter installation and inspection - UGVCL fits a bi-directional net meter and inspects the installation, including earthing and isolation arrangements.
7. Commissioning certificate issued, after which export is credited on your bill.
8. Subsidy claim - submit plant details and bank account with a cancelled cheque on the portal; the ₹78,000 is credited directly to you.

How settlement works on your bill

A bi-directional meter records units imported from the grid and units exported to it. Your billing reflects the net position for the cycle: if you export more than you import, the surplus carries forward as banked units, settled per the applicable regulatory framework at the end of the settlement period. In practice this is what lets high-generation months subsidise monsoon weeks - see monsoon performance.

Documents UGVCL and the portal will ask for

• Latest UGVCL bill with consumer number, plus applicant photo ID.
• Property ownership proof, or society NOC for shared roofs.
• Vendor quotation, work order, invoice and DCR certificate.
• Installation test reports and single-line diagram.
• Cancelled cheque for the subsidy credit.

Full document detail is in documents required for solar subsidy in Gujarat, and the portal screens are walked through in how to apply online.

We handle UGVCL liaisoning end to end for Gandhinagar, Kalol and Mehsana installations - see the Gandhinagar guide or request a free quote and we will file everything for you.