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Even though the photovoltaic (PV) industry is expanding quickly, fossil fuel power plants still provide the majority of India's energy needs. The fact that PV is non-dispatchable, or dependent only on sunny days, is one of the main causes of this. Because of this, utilities must maintain a dependable grid infrastructure to meet demand at periods when PV is not available, such as in the evening when the sun has set yet power demand is at its highest. Due to this, electrical infrastructure is frequently underused, wasting precious resources at the same time that fossil fuel power plants continue to harm the environment. The amount of PV that can be linked to the grid is constrained by its non-dispatchable nature grid. In order to overcome this constraint, PV systems can be upgraded with energy storage, or deferrable loads can be moved from periods of high electricity demand to those when the sun is shining. Batteries can be charged during the day when the sun is shining and discharged at night when there is a strong demand for electricity. Instead of importing energy from the grid or exporting extra PV production to the grid, energy storage and load shifting enable greater loads to be met locally. This action is referred to as self-consumption. v The self-consumption rates in a PV self-consumption system with and without the usage of battery-based energy storage are compared in this study. Additionally, it contrasts a baseline load profile without load shifting with four distinct load shifting load profiles.