Pakistan’s Nationwide Electrical Energy Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) accredited 221.05 MW of net-metering capability in fiscal yr 2022-23, with a complete of 1,596 net-metering licenses issued nationwide.

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Pakistan’s NEPRA issued 1,596 net-metering licences throughout the nation with a cumulative capability of 221.05 MW within the 2022-23 fiscal yr, in response to official statistics from the Related Press of Pakistan.

The licences have been issued to shoppers below 9 completely different provide firms. The three firms with essentially the most shoppers that have been granted net-metering licences have been Ok-Electrical (458), Lahore Electrical Provide Firm (331) and Faisalabad Electrical Provide Firm (183).

The determine is decrease than in 2021-22, when 7,032 net-metering licences have been granted for a complete of 243.43 MW. Pakistan launched net-metering in 2015 and first up to date the scheme in 2018.

Final yr, NEPRA scaled again plans to scale back the tariff paid to net-metered households. As of at this time, the tariff nonetheless stands at PKR 19.32 ($0.069)/kWh.

In accordance with the newest figures from the Worldwide Renewable Vitality Company (IRENA), Pakistan had put in 1,244 MW of photo voltaic by the top of 2023.

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