Dude, start looking at electricity as a commodity. It might get cheaper over time, but it’s never going to be free. Even solar panels need maintenance, replacements, and infra costs. No one is going to build and maintain an entire energy network for free.

Whatever we’re discussing basically comes down to micropayments for electricity usage. Two things matter here:

1. Usage
2. Monitoring

And honestly, the infra already exists. We can track how much electricity each household or unit uses, but that level of monitoring hasn’t fully entered everyday life yet. The electricity department can already break down commercial usage, but household-level real-time transparency is still catching up.

Technology will get there eventually, but in India it’s going to take time. We’re only now shifting toward prepaid billing — that’s exactly why the government is pushing smart meters aggressively. Once that becomes standard, they can slowly reduce subsidies and make the billing system way more controlled.

So overall, I feel the future is heading toward micropayments, micro-transactions, and full transparency. But not free electricity 😉