The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) has directed the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to provide an environment that will help promote generation of solar power in the State. The board and other licensees should support individual initiatives for development of solar energy, the commission said in an order issued on Tuesday. The State government has published the draft of a Kerala Solar Energy Policy, 2013, it reminded the KSEB and other licensees. Solar power generation is expected to get a fillip in the current year itself due to such policy initiatives. Connectivity to the grid should be provided to all developers after approving and declaring the required technical protocol related to safety and other technical standards. The board shall approach the commission with appropriate proposals related to net metering, feed in tariff, banking, and such other steps on or before July 31. The commission said the board would initiate steps that would enable them procure 0.25 per cent of energy consumption from solar sources during the current financial year as provided in the regulations, from within the State itself.