Got extra power? LESCO will happily buy from you

Extra units generated through solar power can be sold to utility company

LAHORE: People of the provincial metropolis will now be able to sell extra electricity, generated through private solar systems, to the power utility of Lahore.

The Lahore Electricity Supply Company (LESCO) has introduced net metering system in the provincial capital that would enable Lesco consumers — producing electricity through solar systems — to sell their extra units to the power company.



Lesco CEO Wajid Ali Kazmi told the media on Thursday this would help reduce power load shedding in the country.

The company has provided its first net metering connection of 135 kilovolts to a private industry, Sky Power Industries, in Lahore.

Kazmi said Lesco’s net metering connection had a special electricity meter that could record both electricity import and export data.

The system would help consumers to cut down on their electricity bills or earn extra income by selling extra units of electricity to the utility company.

The company would settle electricity usage and sale with the consumer at the end of the month.

He said domestic consumers could also apply for net metering connection if they had extra units available.

According to the website of Solar Energy Industries Association, a national trade association, net metering is a billing mechanism that credits solar energy system owners for the units of electricity they add to the grid.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 11^th, 2016.