The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA-G) has suggested the government to impose a tax on both residential and commercial consumers who have installed solar systems.
The CPPA-G has sent a summary in this regard to the Ministry of Energy (Power Division), according to a report by Geo News.
CPPA-G has proposed imposing a tax of Rs. 2,000 per kilowatt on both residential and commercial solar panel users.
According to the report, users using 12-kilowatt panels will have to pay tax to the tune of Rs. 24,000. The ministry has sent the summary to the prime minister for approval.
The report further said that the summary for rationalization of buyback rates of net metering electricity is also under consideration. Once the summary is approved, an application will be lodged with the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to decrease the buyback rates of net metering electricity.
In a statement on Saturday, the Power Division has refuted reports of imposition of fixed tax on solar power.
In a statement, it stated there is no truth in the news of solar power fixed tax. The CPPA-G or Power Division has not sent any such summary to the government in this regard.
It further said that Net Metering Policy of 2017 was aimed at promoting alternative energy in the system. There has been a phase where the solarization has increased very rapidly, it added.
The power division said that such proposals and amendments are being considered to save the poor from further burden.
View Comments
yar oxygen bachi hah.... saans lene pay bhi tax laga do... :/
This is the power of power producer mafia. This government is just the front runner of these mafias.
Is the current government completely retarded or what? On one hand, we want to reduce electricity load, and on the other hand you are disenfranchising people to buy solar power. What is this new level of retardness?
government gone retarded
Gone retarded. Not gone. This gov always was, is getting worse and always will continue to get worse to worst.
wtf
what a country we are living in due to their incompetency People are investing in solar and generating Electricity and adding extra in the national grid system. Instead of giving relief to these people and encouraging to invest in the clean energy to full fill country needs. They are imposing TAX wow salute to the think tanks in our beloved country. The real culprit for the situation we are in are not the politician but these bureaucrats they are only to save their jobs have luxurious life in our hard earned tax money.
Complete nonsense,dont know who the hell these jokers are installed over this 250 million unlucky crowd.I mean they even dont have a sense sort of thing.
24000 yearly or monthluly
Use VPN and complain to the pm
Daily😜
Monthly
Yahudi Govt. Fuel IPPs should be taxed on owning generators. They should sell energy at half the price as solar also since solar also an IPP license.
Very inappropriate and unrealistic step if taken
If this is approved, then get ready for tax, on security guards we have, the air we consume to live, the electric generator we use and many other things which is the responsibility of government to provide to it peoples .
that's because the IPPs are owned by all the people at top which are making billions each month