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We write about the things a plant head or CFO actually has to decide — how to read a bill, how to fund a system, what the tax provision really says. No listicles, no vendor puffery.
Written by the people who'd engineer your system.
Maharashtra C&I tariffs are falling — what it means
MERC's multi-year tariff order directs commercial and industrial tariffs down, not up. Why the standard “beat rising tariffs” solar pitch doesn't hold in Maharashtra, and what the honest argument is.
July 2026 · 8 min readWhat a commercial solar plant actually costs
Search the cost of a 500 kW solar plant and you get a confident rupee figure. It is quoted per kW, and per kW is the number that hides everything that actually decides your price. What genuinely drives the cost of a C&I rooftop plant in Maharashtra.
July 2026 · 7 min readSolar and your diesel generator: what changes
Solar does not replace a DG set, and any vendor implying otherwise is selling you a risk. What rooftop solar really does to your diesel consumption, when the case is strong, and the number you already have that nobody needs to estimate for you.
July 2026 · 7 min readNet metering in Maharashtra: how it actually works
Net, gross and net billing are three different things. What each means for a commercial rooftop system in Maharashtra, the shape of the DISCOM approval process, and what to have ready before you apply.
July 2026 · 6 min readWhich solar incentives actually apply to C&I buyers
Most Indian solar subsidy coverage is about residential rooftops. Commercial and industrial buyers get a different, smaller and more useful set. What genuinely applies, what doesn't, and what nobody should be promising you.
July 2026 · 6 min readHow to read your commercial electricity bill
Energy charge, demand charge, power factor, ToD — what each line on an Indian C&I electricity bill actually means, and which ones solar can touch.
July 2026 · 5 min readCAPEX or OPEX: which solar model fits your balance sheet
Own the system outright or buy the power per unit? An honest comparison of CAPEX and OPEX/PPA models for Indian commercial and industrial solar.
July 2026 · 4 min readAccelerated depreciation on solar: what the 40% actually means
Section 32 of the Income Tax Act allows eligible businesses 40% first-year depreciation on solar assets. What that means, and the 180-day rule that catches people out.
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