The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) granted 8,417 net-metering licenses with an accumulated capacity of around 146 MW during the previous fiscal year 2020-21. According to sources on Tuesday, the total installed capacity of net-metering consumers had reached around 232 MW till June 30, 2021. In the wake of high electricity prices by all power distribution companies (DISCOs), there had been a growing trend for net-metering as well as distributed generation (DG) through solar PVs for sale to BPCs, they said. Induction of DGs within permissible technical limits, either through net-metering or in isolated mode, was good for the electric power sector on several accounts including but not limited to displacing the high-cost electricity, saving on account of transmission and distribution losses, and improvement in voltage profile in the area.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 18th, 2022.
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