Haryana and Odisha accounted for just 0.4% of the solar open access installations in 9M 2024 and 1.1% in Q3 2024, according to Mercom’s Q3 2024 India Solar Open Access Market Report. However, certain regulatory and policy changes in the two states have made them attractive for solar open access. India added 4.8 GW of solar open access capacity in the first nine months (9M) of 2024, up almost 69% compared to 2.8 GW installed in 9M 2023. The capacity added in the first nine months of 2024 surpassed annual installations witnessed in any of the previous years.