Kerala High Court Halts KSERC Renewable-Energy Rules Issued November 5
The judge paused the notification after noting KSERC had told the court it would wait to consider public objections.
Overview
- A bench led by Justice Mohammad Niaz C P stayed the operation, implementation, enforcement and all proceedings under the November 5 notification for one month.
- The State Government, KSERC and the Kerala State Electricity Board were directed to file counter-affidavits, with the case listed for December 1.
- The petition was filed by the Domestic On-Grid Solar Power Prosumers Forum-Kerala, which challenges both the drafting of the regulations and the appointments to KSERC.
- Petitioners allege the regulator has been captured by KSEB and contend the rules would cap net metering at 3 kW and charge for each unit exported to the grid.
- The court noted KSERC had told it on November 3 that no notification would issue until public-hearing objections were considered, yet the commission notified the rules on November 5.