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Net Plus for a new rooftop solar connection
Net Plus is the scheme every new rooftop solar system in Sri Lanka now connects under: the Ministry of Energy's directive of 11 September 2026 made it the only scheme for new rooftop solar agreements and closed Net Metering and Net Accounting to new applicants. Under it, everything your system generates is sold to the utility at a feed-in rate set by the Public Utilities Commission, and the electricity you use is billed separately. KTronics prepares and submits the capacity clearance request, installs the system and takes it through the utility's inspection to the export meter; our own engineers cover the Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara districts.
What Net Plus is, in plain words
Under Net Plus the solar system has its own export meter. Every unit it generates is sold to the utility at a feed-in rate set by the Public Utilities Commission, and the electricity you use is billed separately at the normal tariff — the two are not netted against each other. New agreements run for up to twelve years, and the system needs a smart meter the utility can read remotely.
The feed-in rate depends on the size of the system, in bands that change at 10 kW, 40 kW and 250 kW, and smaller systems are paid more per unit. The Commission revises the schedule, and the current one runs until 24 February 2027, so the rates are not printed here: ask us which band your system falls in and what it pays today.
Who it applies to
Anyone applying for a new rooftop solar agreement after the directive of 11 September 2026, whether the premises are billed by Electricity Distribution Lanka — which took over the Ceylon Electricity Board's distribution areas in March 2026, and which most people still call the CEB — or by LECO where LECO supplies you. Agreements already signed, and grid clearances granted on or before that date, keep their existing terms until they expire. Net Metering and Net Accounting are closed to new applicants.
The steps
It starts online, with a capacity clearance; after that, five things happen in order.
- The clearance request. For a CEB-area supply it is made in the EDLCare customer portal at edlcare.edl.lk, the former CEBCare, against the electricity account the system will connect to. LECO customers use LECO's Solar PV Capacity Clearance System at solar.leco.lk, where either the customer or the solar vendor signs in. The EDLCare request states the scheme, the capacity asked for, the account holder's contact details and, now or later, the bank account the export payments go to. It needs a photograph of both sides of the account holder's national identity card and a recent electricity bill, and it is confirmed with a one-time code and a clearance fee paid online.
- The utility checks the premises, and whether the connection and the local transformer can take the capacity, and issues the clearance.
- The system is installed.
- The utility's engineer inspects it and witnesses the tests.
- The agreement is signed in the account holder's name.
- The export meter is fitted — and only then may the system run in parallel with the grid.
How big a system the connection allows
Under Net Plus the system is no longer matched to your consumption, because everything it generates is sold and your own use is billed separately. Three things set the size: the unshaded roof, the capacity of your electricity connection, and the budget. The connection sets the ceiling, because the utility approves a system only up to the contract demand of the supply: as a guide, about 5 kW on a 30 A single-phase connection. The survey confirms what your connection and your roof will take.
Where KTronics fits
We prepare and submit the clearance request for you; what we need is the identity card photographs and the bill. The approval is granted to you — getting it is our job. We install the system, see it through the utility's inspection, and connect it to our own monitoring platform once the export meter is fitted. How long the utility's part takes depends mostly on its area office and on whether the local transformer has capacity to spare, so we do not promise a date that is not ours to keep.
For solar work we are a Registered Solar PV Service Provider with the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority, number S00773, listed in the public register as "K Tronics (Pvt) Ltd". That registration covers solar PV work only, and it is a listing rather than an endorsement: the Authority does not recommend individual providers.
What we need from you
- A recent electricity bill for the account the system will connect to
- A photograph of both sides of the account holder's national identity card
- The account holder's contact details and, now or later, the bank account the export payments go to
- The account holder to sign the agreement in their own name
Based in Kelaniya, with our own engineers covering the whole Western Province — the Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara districts. Beyond it we work island-wide, with projects delivered as far as the Galle and Kandy districts.
Site assessment
Start a Net Plus application
Tell us where the house is and send the bill when you can — an engineer will tell you what the connection allows and what the system would involve. No obligation.