Directives for promoting solar energy

All the distribution companies have been directed to establish a one-window facility for net metering

ISLAMABAD:  

The Power Division has issued special instructions to all distribution companies to promote and further streamline the installation of net metering system in order to provide an opportunity to all electricity consumers to curtail their monthly electricity bills besides optimal utilisation of solar potential of the country. The instructions were issued during a meeting on the net metering system of the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA). As per the latest instructions, all the distribution companies have been directed to establish a one-window facility for the electricity consumers interested in net metering. Appointment of focal persons will be ensured besides their active engagement with the targets assigned by the Power Division. Each officer at the operational level will be assigned targets of net metering, which will be properly monitored. These targets and their results will be counted in the calculation of points during their assessment for promotion and other benefits. The meeting, while emphasising the importance of net metering in order to tap the solar energy potential of the country, underscored the need for extending all-out facilitation to the consumers by the distribution companies.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 29^th, 2019.

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