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(1) These Regulations may be called the 'Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Renewable Energy and Net Metering) Regulations, 2020'. [(2) These Regulations shall apply to all the new Grid Interactive Renewable Energy Systems, consumers, prosumers, captive consumers, captive generating plants, generating companies, distribution licensees and obligated entities, in the matter of Determination of Tariff of Renewable Energy, Net Metering, Banking, Generation Based Incentives and related matters. Provided that, the captive generators/ consumers existing in the State prior to the enactment of the Electricity Act-2003 and governed by the agreements entered into between the licensee and generators as per the policies then existing, shall be allowed to continue till the expiry of the term of the agreement as per the provisions of such agreements as long as the provisions of such agreements are consistent with the Act; Provided further that the bills issued during the period from 5th June, 2020 to the date of effect of these Regulations need not be revised: Provided also that the provision for "gross metering" will be introduced in the State by the Commission at an appropriate time only after full compliance of the RPO by the Licensees; Explanatory Note: In the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Renewable Energy and Net Metering) Regulations 2020, Clause 1.(2) it was mentioned that 'These regulations shall apply to all existing and new Grid Interactive Renewable Energy Systems, consumers, prosumers, captive consumers, captive generating plants, generating companies, distribution licensees and obligated entities in the matter of Determination of Tariff of Renewable Energy, Net Metering, Banking, Generation Based Incentives and related matters'.This was an inadvertent error which had crept into the Regulation. It is hereby clarified that all the existing entities including prosumers, obligated entities, distribution licensees, captive consumers, open access consumers, entities eligible for generation based incentives etc. and who were governed by the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Renewable Energy) Regulations, 2015 and its Amendments and Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Gird Interactive Distributed Solar Energy Systems) Regulations, 2014 and its Amendments shall continue to be governed as per those Regulations. However, the facilities including banking permitted in the RE Regulations, 2020 on payment of fees and charges for the usage of transmission and distribution system, as the case may be, shall be applicable to them. The intent of this amendment is to clarify and to rectify this error] (3) These Regulations shall extent to the whole State of Kerala. (4) It shall come into force from the date of publication in the Official Gazette. Amended as per K.G Ex No.2381.dt.18/07/2022(w.e.f.01/08/2022) Prior to the amendment to be read as: "These Regulations shall apply to all the existing and new, Grid Interactive Renewable Energy Systems, consumers, prosumers, captive consumers, captive generating plants, generating companies, distribution licensees and obligated entities, in the matter of Determination of Tariff of Renewable Energy, Renewable Purchase Obligation, Net Metering, Banking, Generation Based Incentives and related matters."