It may be a case of owner's pride, neighbours' envy. Kilpauk resident D. Suresh seems hardly annoyed by the frequent disruption in power supply, unlike his neighbours. The stand-alone rooftop solar power plant put up by him at his house is helping him keep his cool.

The solar photovoltaic power plant, with a capacity of one kilowatt, has been functioning for the last one-and-half months. “After its installation, I have not experienced any power disruption and my electricity consumption, through the conventional EB source,