Unified Web Portal (UWP) for Rooftop Solar — Important Features & Benefits

At present, the institutional framework is not fully prepared to manage large-scale solar rooftop development and deployment. For example, you wish to install the solar rooftop system but don’t have the detailed information like the potential for installation of solar rooftop, area requirements, types of technologies, information related to major vendor/channel partners, processes/procedures to be followed for interconnection, availability of subsidy and finance, etc. available at one place.

Further, the DISCOMs and State Nodal Agencies (SNAs) also have a very limited workforce and skill set that hinder the process of approving applications received from different consumers. Hence, there is a need to make the complete application process digital, approval, and implementation of GCSRP. Maintaining multiple web-based tools to address various issues of multiple stakeholders is not a feasible option either. As a result, there is a need for developing a common unified web portal for rooftop solar at a State level, which can display all the necessary information in one place, including transactions between multiple stakeholders. Such a platform will enable inter and intra stakeholder communication through a single online portal.

Important Features

· Enabling inter and intra stakeholder interactions

· Report generation with segregation of data up to ‘Section’ level for DISCOMs

· Geo-tagging allows tracking from ‘Application’ to ‘Synchronization’ stage in real time

· Dashboard’ for Consumer providing status update

· Time schedule report generation

· Stage wise tracking of Interconnection and Subsidy Application

· Interface for incorporating new parameters, changes, modifications, etc.

· ‘Dashboard’ for DISCOM/SNA displaying DISCOM wise and State

· Interlinking between UWP and DISCOM’s internal portal

Advantages of Unified Web Portal

· Integration of multiple stakeholders on a single platform enabling seeking of approvals through a single medium.

· Accountability of each approving authority within each stakeholder organization in case of non-adherence to timelines due to transparent process.

· Enhanced intra-stakeholder interactions.

· Access to all informational content such as procedures, guidelines, regulations, and policies pertaining to the solar rooftop.

· Establishment and implementation of definite timelines from submission of application to commissioning of the system.

Suprabha’s TA program’s approach towards Unified Web Portal (UWP) development is based on a new architecture that encapsulates interconnection and subsidy process on a single framework thereby enabling seamless processing of consumers’ interconnection applications and providing subsidies to eligible consumers.