Overview
- NEPRA held public hearings on Feb 6–7 for the Draft Prosumer Regulations 2025 proposing a move from net-metering to net-billing, five-year contracts, monthly credit settlement, a Rs25.32 per unit buyback rate and a cap on generation at the sanctioned load.
- Power Division officials told the hearing that fewer than 0.5 million prosumers are shifting Rs270 billion (Rs2.87 per unit) onto 38.5 million other consumers in 2026, projecting the burden to reach Rs628 billion by 2034 under existing rules.
- NEPRA said it has initiated legal proceedings against state-owned DISCOs over failures to credit solar units to net-metering customers and signaled a decision is expected within about 15 days.
- The federal cabinet’s motion before NEPRA seeks a 2026 uniform tariff that lowers base rates for higher-usage homes and revises fixed charges, including Rs200–300 for protected users of 51–200 units and higher slabs for non-protected categories, with a hearing set for Feb 10.
- Officials reported on-grid rooftop solar has climbed to roughly 6,975–7,000 MW, concentrated in major cities, and warned of duck-curve effects, voltage problems and cost shifting as about 73% of power-sector costs are fixed.