Keyur Rakholiya BESCOM stands for Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited, the state-owned DISCOM formed in 2002 to distribute power in Bengaluru and surrounding districts of Karnataka. It applies KERC tariff and rooftop solar net metering orders in its area. Solar designers and EPCs submit rooftop solar applications and meter requests to BESCOM for sites in Bengaluru.
What does BESCOM mean?
BESCOM means Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited, the power distribution company for Bengaluru. This page is for homeowners, businesses and solar EPCs planning rooftop solar in Karnataka who need to know what BESCOM does and which of the state’s DISCOMs serves a site.
Key Takeaways
- BESCOM = Bengaluru area DISCOM (Karnataka).
- Serves urban + 7 surrounding districts.
- Implements KERC orders.
- Major commercial solar market.
- Net metering up to 1 MW for residential + commercial.
What does BESCOM do for rooftop solar?
BESCOM is the distribution licensee for Bengaluru and the surrounding districts, it does not set solar policy itself, but implements the net metering, tariff, and interconnection orders issued by KERC (Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission) for its service territory.
In practice, that means BESCOM is the utility a rooftop or commercial solar customer in Bengaluru actually applies to for interconnection, while KERC is the body whose rules govern what BESCOM is allowed to approve.
Because Bengaluru has one of the densest concentrations of residential and commercial rooftop solar in India, BESCOM handles a higher volume of net metering applications than most other Indian DISCOMs, and feeder or distribution-transformer capacity constraints come up more often as a reason for delayed approval in high-adoption pockets of the city.
What are the DISCOMs in Karnataka?
Karnataka is divided among five DISCOMs, each under the same KERC regulatory umbrella but with its own service territory and application portal:
| DISCOM | Primary Service Area |
|---|---|
| BESCOM | Bengaluru urban + 7 surrounding districts |
| MESCOM | Mangalore region (coastal Karnataka) |
| CESCOM | Mysuru region |
| HESCOM | Hubli region (north Karnataka) |
| GESCOM | Kalaburagi region (northeast Karnataka) |
A design or EPC firm quoting a project outside Bengaluru should confirm which of these five DISCOMs actually serves the site before assuming BESCOM’s application process and timelines apply.
Related Reading
For EPCs and design teams working across BESCOM’s territory, Solar Permits India: State-Wise Processing Times 2026 puts Karnataka’s approval timelines in context against other major states, which is useful when setting customer expectations on a Bengaluru project.
Because BESCOM interconnection for larger systems runs alongside a separate electrical inspectorate sign-off, our Electrical CEIG Drawings service is the natural next stop for projects that need both approvals moving in parallel. On the commercial side, Karnataka’s dense C&I rooftop market is exactly the segment covered in Heaven Green Energy’s commercial and industrial solar work.
BESCOM applies the rules set by KERC, and the wider state picture is covered in the Karnataka solar policy guide. Recent DISCOM-level changes are tracked in DISCOM net metering changes for 2026.
Disclosure: Heaven Green Energy is a Heaven Designs group company.
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