Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science Technology Promotion Society Online

Chandigarh Renewable Energy, Science & Technology Promotion Society Online Clearances Management Web Portal for U. T. Chandigarh www. solarchandigarh. com

Purpose of Web Portal www. solarchandigarh. com • Ease of Business • Transparency • A person shall be able to obtain subsidy from CREST online • All regulatory clearances from Electricity Deptt. & Electrical Clearance from Electrical Inspector, within a fixed time through a single online platform.

Nodes Involved CREST 1. 2. 3. 4. CEO Project Director Project Manager Accountant Electricity Department 1. 2. 3. 4. Nodal Officer for Solar Electrical Inspector Executive Engineers Sub- Divisional Officers

Time Allotted to each User Sr. No. User Description Number of Days Allotted 1. In-Principle Approval for Subsidy by CREST 7 2. Technical Feasibility/NOC By Nodal Officer for solar. 30 3. Electrical Safety Clearance by Electrical Inspector 10 4. Bi- Directional Meter Testing and Reporting By Concerned SDO 10 5. Grid Connection Certificate after installation of Bi-Directional Meter by Nodal Officer/XEN 5

Flow Chart User Registration for Password Generation LOGIN Subsidy Required or Not? User Fills Net/ Gross Metering form and upload all the relevant documents required for Technical Feasibility. No Net/Gross Metering Application is then sent to Executive Engineer-cum-Nodal Officer for Technical Feasibility which is then forwarded to concerned SDO. Go to Next Slide Yes IF User Fills Subsidy Form Project Manager, CREST Examines Subsidy and recommends it to Project Director, CREST recommends Subsidy to CEO CREST CEO, CREST accords In-Principle approval for subsidy.

Process Closed. Technical Feasibility Report is then filled and uploaded by SDO. Technical Feasibility Report uploaded by SDO and is sent to Nodal Officer for Approval or Rejection. Bi-Directional Meter is then submitted to SDO of the concerned Sub- Division and acknowledgement receipt is then given to USER. Rejected After Feasibility is approved by Nodal Officer, the USER will get 180 Days (extendable to 365 days) to install the plant. Meter is then sent to the M&P lab for testing and after testing meter is sent back to SDO with test report& SDO uploads the same to the online portal for reference of user Plant Installation report submitted to the Nodal Officer and Relevant Documents submission to Electrical Inspector/ XEN of the Area (by USER) for Electrical Clearance. Meter is then replaced and Grid Connection Certificate is issued By Nodal Officer(Gross Metering)/ SDO(Net metering). Approved Safety clearance Certificate issued by Electrical Inspector(if plant is greater than 10 k. Wp) or XEN (<=10 k. Wp) Continued on next slide

If applied for subsidy No Yes Application for release of capital subsidy after installation to be filled by user. Site Inspection is done and Joint Commissioning report is uploaded by Project Manager CREST. Case is approved by Project Director and same is recommended to CEO, CREST After approval of CEO, CREST for release of capital Subsidy. User fills their bank account details on the Online Portal. Capital Subsidy is then released by Accounts , CREST and User is notified to collect the Cheque. Process Closed.

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