Power distribution companies (DISCOs) have excluded millions of electricity units generated by solar consumers and have generated inflated electricity bills instead.
Electricity exported to the grid by consumers with net metering connections was not adjusted in their bills, reported a news daily.
Consumers were charged for the full amount of electricity consumed without accounting for the exported units. As a result, solar consumers received unusually high electricity bills during the winter months.
DISCOs have used the revised net metering policy to conceal line losses by not crediting exported solar units.
Solar consumers have expressed concern that recent policy changes are actively discouraging rooftop solar adoption. Under the new net metering policy, excess electricity generation beyond the approved capacity is no longer credited in consumer bills.
DISCOs have also withheld new net metering connections and contract approvals for the past two months. Despite signing contracts and paying demand notices, thousands of customers have not been issued net meters.
Additionally, export units generated by solar consumers were not included in the electricity bills issued this month, which resulted in heavy bills.
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And nepra as usual silent. Funny how this country is sinking faster into bangladesh.
obviously they can put whatever units they want. best option is to go hybrid
Hybrid pe bhi ghunda gardi ho gi
Consumers must adopt battery. F the discos
Following might is Right
DISCO like rest of the businesses in Pakistan are CHOR and dishonest. I am connected to the grid but i sell them nothing. We rarely buy much power from them. I have 3 Ac and 3 fridge my consumption last month was 1/2 unit per day.
How do you generate electricity at night?
You solar system can’t generate electricity at night, but with a hybrid system and a suitable battery, you can store up enough power during the day to run your house through the night.
What battery can run 2 ac for a night!?
Through wind
Sir DISCOs are full of Harami People. They take Bribe for installing new Meters from Poor people.
Any good way to receive less bills while we’re having solar ?
These discos are thieves,
They should have told on media both print and social about their polices
Yes but nothing will come out of it, none will be taken to task and punished. The reason: – All those who have to act in this case enjoy free units like all employees of the power sector. The Law of Jungle.
Don’t talk line losses
This is recovery of theft. Sorry to say that
Yes. Even i experienced the same issue from last couple of months. Mepco is responsible for it.
What a country ,now billions will be spent to import batteries as electric companies are not in favor of rooftop solar.This is futile effort as consumers are destined to go solar
I can certainly believe this, considering many personal experiences with Lesco where money was unjustifiably paid to keep the service running. Also, my bill for for Nov 2025 suddenly shot up to Rs 25k from the previous average of less than Rs 2k per month. Of course, the dept maintained it was correct and must be settled to avoid disconnection.
Policy makers are sitting in the assemblies and owners of IPPs they have to protect their IPPs at the cost of masses and by screwing them. Those policy makers make legislation of their own interests and get it passed in assemblies. So country is under siege of CHOORS
Lack of policy and without planning such issues are obvious. Win win situation should be there.
Sui Gas co. also enjoy the winter privilege by supplying high gas pressures to run meters at speed of bullet. So, high price and bills even at normal domestic use.
This is an illegitimate government of form 47. What more can you expect from them. The prime minister himself is a puppet and an utter idiot
1000% khurram….
Isn’t this simply net billing? I understood this was going to happen so decided to get hybrid inverter.
The electricity company were always dirty under the government and even after privatization. The fact that the government stayed silent while K.E redefined “variable rate” from meaning incremental tiered rate per units of electricity used to charging the highest rate on all the units of electricity used speaks volumes about who are benefiting from electric company abusing customer billing policies. People were forced to switch to solar when KE bills for an average middle class household jumped from 4000 per month to 40000 per month all of a sudden. No one has even spoken up about that abuse of power in over 2 years now. This solar net metering fiasco has only reached publication because the richest home owners who could afford to spend a lot of money to satisfy KE requirements of massive 12 plate solar arrays for surplus electricity found out that they were being deceived. Those who could not afford to spend so lavishly managed with just a small solar backup array not connected to net-metering by power company but consistently being threatened with taxes and fines on their solar panel setup to bully them into the net metering arrangement. Now they cannot be trusted by even those who ate their propaganda and joined.
Better give back no electricity to DISCOS, get the meters disconnected and live on solar energy. Discos abaad govt, both are bone corrupt.
this is called robbery.The County is run by goons sponsored by IPP.