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Close to two months after the State government came out with the solar policy for 2019, the TNERC (Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission) has recently passed an order specifying the terms for generation of rooftop solar power. But the tariff terms set by the commission have been severely opposed by experts and players in the solar market, as they allege that the consumers will be worse off in this situation. The order will be applicable to consumers who will set-up a solar rooftop in future while the present users will follow the 2013 tariff order set by TNERC. The need to install an extra meter to measure solar generation and the type of the accountability methods that decide how much money a consumer will get back based on net metering system, are two main points of contention raised by experts.