Which one of his relatives will benefit from this?

[SaadH]

Correct me if I am wrong.

Pakistan has to pay a fixed amount to IPP.

So simplistically, even if whole of Pakistan were to go solar, Pakistan will need to continue paying IPP a fixed amount. Is that correct?

Yes, the Sharif and GHQ ingenuity that keeps on giving...

 

[HAIDER]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1547284143905685504

 

[Olympus81]

Yes, even if you buy or not but have to pay IPP in monthly bills. Solar panels are not feasible for industrial units.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1535901745833984000

For a consumer (residential or industrial) it would obviously make sense to go the net metering route. Sell electricity produced by solar back to the grid. Storing (batteries) are an expensive option.

Coming back to IPP, so going solar has no bearing on fixed payments to IPP. What it could mean is lower payments if Pakistan can produce a good chunk of electricity locally.

Is the Salman Shahbaz news true about solar panels from Turkey?

 

[sparten]

So are they also installing batteries with the solar system or will it be only the panels and inverter?

The latter. Although as a legacy of the 10 years of loadshedding we have had pretty much every office has significant UPS battery backup (and I am talking hours longs, so very significant)

What rate would they be selling electricity to the DISCO if it is the latter?

Its being evaluated.

Net metering: Nepra to hold hearing on downward revision of tariff

ISLAMABAD-Amidst a continuous denial from the Ministry of Energy over making any change to the net metering rates, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority

www.nation.com.pk

I am willing to bet no one has thought this through but this was a brain wave by Shobaz put into action by Ahsan Iqbal, nothing else.

It was a policy since the early 2000's. The surfeit of electricity of the last 5 years out it on the back-burner, but the fuel price volatility of 2022 has brought it front and centre.