Eluru district leads Andhra Pradesh in rooftop photo voltaic adoption below PM Surya Ghar Yojana, says official

Eluru district has emerged as the highest performer in Andhra Pradesh in implementing the ‘PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana,’ a Central Authorities scheme aimed toward selling rooftop solar energy adoption amongst households.

In a launch on Thursday, APEPDCL Superintending Engineer (SE) Salman Raju stated that 2,353 home electrical energy shoppers in Eluru district have put in photo voltaic panels below the scheme, positioning the district on the forefront of renewable vitality adoption within the State.

Mr. Raju defined that the scheme provides substantial subsidies—₹30,000 per kilowatt for the primary two kilowatts and ₹18,000 for the third kilowatt—capped at a most subsidy of ₹78,000 for installations as much as three kilowatts.

Eluru district alone has witnessed a subsidy-driven funding of ₹12.14 crore, enabling the era of seven.8 megawatts of rooftop solar energy. These households are collectively producing practically a million models of electrical energy monthly. Surplus vitality, after home consumption, is being compensated by the division at ₹2.09 per unit, he added.

As a part of an initiative to deepen photo voltaic penetration, efforts are underway to develop 5 villages—Dwaraka Tirumala, Duggirala, Chinnanindrakolanu, Tadikalapudi, and Errampeta—as mannequin photo voltaic villages.

Additional, a focused plan has recognized 27,053 SC and ST home energy shoppers throughout the district to obtain 2-kilowatt rooftop photo voltaic methods per family, totaling an estimated 54.11 megawatts. The New and Renewable Power Improvement Company of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) floated tenders for this initiative on July 3, 2025.

Highlighting the environmental significance, Mr. Raju famous that the district’s thrust on photo voltaic vitality not solely promotes clear and renewable energy, but additionally reduces carbon emissions, supporting the bigger aim of local weather sustainability.

A pilot mission with a 750 KWp solar energy plant has additionally been launched at G. Kothapalli village in Dwaraka Tirumala mandal. The mission goals to offer free electrical energy to all authorities workplaces and residential shoppers inside the native panchayat, he stated.