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NEPRA chairman emphasises green energy
Says net-metering most effective tool to enable renewable power generation
ISLAMABAD:
Distributed generation through net-metering is one of the most effective tools to enable renewable power generation at the grass-root level and is one of the key focus areas of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) for meeting increased electricity demands sustainably, said Nepra Chairman Tauseef Farooqi.
Addressing the launch of a research report on ‘Barriers and Drivers of Solar Prosumage: A Case Study of Pakistan’, he said that being a power regulator, Nepra was paving the way for clean energy and establishing a liberalised power market for its consumers.
Business
February 21, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s residential electricity consumers have installed 120 megawatts of solar power generation capacity since the launch of net metering regulations, a senior official said on Saturday.
National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Chairman Tauseef Farooqi said consumers have been provided with an opportunity to become the producers of electricity. “Nepra is paving the way for clean energy and establishing a liberalised power market for its consumers,” Farooqi said during the launch of ‘Barriers and Drivers of Solar Prosumage: A Case Study of Pakistan’.
The case study by the Institute of Policy Studies prepared last year said the cumbersome procedure makes it quite challenging to get the generation licence, while power distribution companies continued to be reluctant towards distributed generation growth owing to administrative burden of processing applications, perceived fears of revenue losses and integration challeng
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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.”