In Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has instructed the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) and Power Division to change the rates for buying back electricity. This is because more and more people are using solar energy. They had a meeting recently, where they talked about how many people are starting to use solar energy…
In Pakistan, about 113,000 homes have solar panels on their roofs, making them ‘distributed generators’. This is only 0.3% of all households. Most of these homes are in the top two electricity usage brackets. Recently, there’s been talk about changing the price for net metering, where the power company swaps the solar power for electricity….
There’s concerning news regarding solar panels and net metering in Pakistan. The government is thinking about cutting rates by half. According to insiders, the Ministry of Energy is drafting a new plan for using more solar energy. They want to reduce the price of electricity from solar panels by 50%. Currently, the rate is Rs22,…
The government is thinking about a new idea from the Central Power Purchasing Agency. They want to put a tax on people who use solar panels for their homes or businesses. The Central Power Purchasing Agency, or CPPA, wants to charge a tax of PKP 2,000 for every kilowatt of power people use from solar…