ZULQARNAIN.HINGORO
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Cuts in solar power benefits on the cards
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has decided to hold a public hearing on proposals to curtail benefits for solar net-metering consumers — known as prosumers — amid concerns that unaffordable tariffs and persistent inefficiencies are undermining the power utility business. The regulator has now scheduled a public hearing for February 6 after…
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Government Would Never Discourage Pakistan’s ‘Solarisation Boom’
PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured the public that his government would never discourage Pakistan’s ‘solarisation boom’. He should pardon those who have been following the trajectory of Pakistan’s solar policies for taking that promise with a pinch of salt. After all, the strategy for managing Pakistani households’ seemingly insatiable appetite for solar energy, and…


