Solar Size Eligibility — Housing Society (common meter)

Three gates, tightest wins: your sanctioned load (most states cap at 80–100% of it), the scheme's kW ceiling, and the local distribution transformer's solar quota (commonly 15–30% of its kVA, shared first-come). This tool checks all three — applicants usually know only the first.

The neighbourhood transformer can only absorb so much backfeed before voltage and protection misbehave, so DISCOMs cap solar per DT. Early applicants on your transformer consume the quota; late ones get 'technical infeasibility'. Check (and apply) early in your DT's queue — the calculator shows the headroom math.

Yes — load enhancement is a standard DISCOM application (fees scale with kW), and it lifts the consumer-cap gate. Sequence matters: enhance first, then apply for solar, since the feasibility check reads the sanctioned load on file the day it runs.

Behind-the-meter (no-export) capacity often escapes the caps entirely — industrial captive systems with export-blocking relays exceed net-metering limits legally in many states. The trade: surplus is curtailed, so size to daytime self-consumption. The eligibility presets here include that route.