Islamabad January 3, 2021 Islamabad : A study conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) has identified hurdles to the implementation of net-metering regulations and recommended incentives and checks for power distribution companies (DISCOs). According to the study titled ‘Barriers and Drivers of Solar Prosumage: A Case-Study of Pakistan’, as of November 2020, net-metering installations in Pakistan have reached a cumulative capacity of 148MW, which contrasts very poorly in comparison with other peer regional countries such as India where distributed generation has exceeded 5GW of installed capacity. “Strong geographic uneven growth exists across the DISCOs in terms of distributed generation uptake where around 70 per cent of growth is concentrated in three major utilities namely IESCO, LESCO and KE.”