Govt Solar Plan Not to Harm Net Metering System; Clarifies Energy Ministry

The new plan of 10,000 MW of solar electricity will not affect the net metering system of distribution companies for houses, clarified the Water & Power Wing of the Ministry of Energy.

Ministry of Energy has further clarified that if household solar units are lesser than off-peak units, they can be deducted from the Wapda (distribution companies’) bill. If the solar units are greater than off-peak units then the Wapda (distribution companies’) purchase price would remain the same.

Recently, it was stated that NEPRA is looking to amend the Distributed Generation and Net Metering Regulations, 2015, to reduce the payment for distributed generators of net metering by almost 30 percent.

Experts deemed this measure to be damaging to the incumbent government’s initiative to increase the share of renewable energy in the overall energy mix, which is currently highly dependent on costly imported fuel. This will also demotivate domestic consumers from shifting to solar electricity. As net metering helps domestic consumers reduce the burden of bills and also adds energy to the national grid.

However, the Minister for Energy, Khurram Dastgir, on Saturday, commenting on reports of changes in the net metering system, said that there is no such thing on the cards right now, and no changes are being made for domestic solar energy users.


  • monkeys got brutally slapped from general public and now as usual they’re back tracking like scared little babies….

  • Our current govt is very short sighted. They are generating income by auctioning solar production to international companies which will at later stage repatriate all their earnings to their own country.
    Our Govt should rather enable domestic investors to invest in solar parks because the long term earnings will than remain in Pakistan.

  • At present Wapda purchase excess solar units exported to Grid by domestic Solar System installers @ Rs 9.80 per unit. Its charging rate for off peak units is Rs 31. Per unit + almost 65% of taxes I it cost Rs 50 per unit approximately. There is straight gap of Rs 21 per unit in purchase and selling price . NEPRA should enhance payback rate to at least Rs 25 per unit.


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