According to a report on Tuesday, Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has prohibited using green meters commonly used in solar systems. Instead, orders have been issued to replace them with Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meters. Sarwar Mughal, Director of Customer Services, issued a notification enforcing the ban on green meters.
LESCO will now issue a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to purchase AMI meters for solar connections. Consumers will then be responsible for purchasing these meters from the market based on the NOC. However, this shift to AMI meters will impose an additional financial burden of Rs20,000 on consumers.
The price disparity between AMI meters and green meters amounts to twenty thousand rupees. The installation of AMI meters is expected to mitigate issues such as overbilling and electricity theft.
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And what will be the kharcha Pani for issuing the NOC from SDO Babu?
How can solar meters steal electricity ?
It’s fake news .
A report from where? Who decided this ?
The green Meter doesn’t take electricity but provides it .
How can green meter “steal” electricity ?
And what about existing green meters ?
Clarification
The news is true but no information shared on which meters ?
New installation or already existing
Disinformation
Nobody should purchase new meter no matter what is done by LESCO or others. They are all thieves
Another source of bribery…..
As far as i know govt is planning to implement this ami meters to everyone solar or no solar. But atm only new will be bound to buy ami rather than green meter and keep on changing old and greenntonthis ami which is already happening in Iesco Islamabad.
Rip off, green Meyers were installed by Discos, if replacement with upgrades one, they should replace it. Absolutely nonsense and energy companies can simply rip off under various pretext rather correcting their own deficiencies
Bull shit. Makes no sense
Zulam e Azeem. KHARCHA APNA DHOOP ALLAH KI THARAF SAY. KHARISH WAPDA AUR IPPS KO. BUS AISA HI HOGA KUN K PAK AWAM HAIN HO BEWAQOOF. THAMA IDARON KO PATHA CHAL GIYA K KUCH B KARO AWAM BOLAY GI NAHI. LIHAZA IN KI CHAMRI ULTI CHOORI SAY UTARO. BUS BARDASHT KARAIN JUB THAK BOLOGAY NAHI. PAKISTAN ZINDA BAD.
Ais Naya meter say kahin ya TU nahi ka solar chalain TU WAPDA ka meter b chalay. Phir kia faida Solar ka. Aur lagtha b yahi hai.
No implementation yet, i’m picking up my green meter NOC today
In short the rise in kharcha pan for wapda will be 20k.
It’s the duty if the DISCO to replace a meter if they want. Why should the customer pay for such change of meter I. e. the existing customers. As far as new customers that is another issue.
Subject title is misleading or clickbait.
The title suggests that government has banned solar net metering for new customers.
And they are asking for donations for such crappy reporting!
It appears that we are living in a country of the deaf and the blind. The energy sector is the most corrupt in this country as also the biggest in losses. It consists of not only the most corrupt but also the most ‘Muft Khoras’. It is a crime of the highest order that the government should be burdening the already burdened common man and extract more and more money from the public so that these corrupt ‘muft khoras’ can continue enjoying luxurious lives.
We are living in a country of shameless people. They can die of humger but not ready to come out for their rights
This wl open a new window for RISHWAT for issuing NOC by every DISCO
Lesco ka financial officer kia roti ko chochi kahtay hain yeah phir hamam main sab nangay hain?
1. Government should bear the charges (Purchasing & Installations)
2. No need to replace them. Just add the new meter as sub meter to check the loss as advertised.
This is a classic example of a Banana Republic. Authorities make decisions without any thought process, vision, or clue about what they are doing.
In Pakistan everyone is experimenting on its People… with their absurd and illogical ideas 💡 and the people have become minions rather zombies and accepting there stupid decisions, I hope they rise up with a befitting response
What incompetence?…after so many years of this meter being in use now they realise that it is not feasible for new metereing..don’t know it was benefitting the user or the utility.
Obviously someone will make a lot of money on new meters Theka. This is obviously illegal but every thing is illegal in Pakistan. First they pushed everyone to get solar. They could ban them from future installation but what about those who have already spent. They only want their ipps paid. Simple. Any wise person would let this electricity come and give additional to our poor dying industry. But no one cares about it. If they had surplus electricity then there should be no load shedding. But it’s all nonsense.
Wow. Something new to rip u off. Why don’t the nepra and his disco boys to shove it up in their _____
Lesco should replace meters using their own budget
Someone somewhere will benifit from the purchase and introducing the new meters.
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