HOW NET METERING WORKS IN PAKISTAN
Mustafa Solar,
issued its net-metering regulations that allow the DISCOs in Pakistan to
purchase excess units of electricity produced by the consumers, and net them
off against the units consumed from the grid. As per these regulations, any
customer of the national grid (having three-phase connection) can avail
net-metering facility for small-scale (1kW to 1MW) Renewable Energy
installations. Renewable Energy is a long-term power solution. The Solar PV
Technology gives access to affordable electricity supply during system life.
Residential and commercial customers can switch their electricity load to
Renewable Energy (RE) and can slash their power bills.
Net Metering Pakistan
Net metering Pakistan supplies
substantial financial advantages in regards to power generation, earnings and
also investment. You can easily join the process which is simple and handy. The
first step is to install a net metering compliant solar system which is not
very complex as our team at zero carbon will help you out to sort things out
while doing the initial set up.
At the second step you need to prepare
an application and here again we help you while doing that too. To apply you
need to contact relevant electric company.
The installed system must comply with
these rules. The relevant electric company will inspect and will issue the NOC
after complete satisfaction. Then you will have to sign the agreement with the
electric company. After that generation license
will be allotted and your net meter will
be activated. Net meter activation is the last process and after that you can
participate to the grid accordingly.
What is Net Metering in Pakistan?
For Pakistani consumers, who either own
or plan to establish a facility for renewable energy, the electricity policy is
known as net metering in Pakistan. This electricity policy permits them to
create electricity via solar energy, not just for their own consumption, but
also to supply the excess electricity into the national grid. This excess
electricity is then consumed during hours of low consumption or during times
when the RE facility doesn’t produce ample electricity to satisfy the consumer
need.
In such cases a consumer will be
compensated by one of two options:
Pay a reduced utility bill
Get a payment for the excess energy
How consumers are compensated is
determined by the relevant DISCO, as specified in the contract. During
September 2015, NEPRA’s net-metering regulations were issued which permit the
Pakistani DISCO’s to purchase surplus electricity which the consumers produced,
to set it off against the grid’s consumed units.
According to these regulations every
customer of Pakistan’s national grid who has a 3-phase connection can utilize a
net-metering facility installation for Renewable Energy on a small scale – 1kW
– 1MW. Renewable Energy is a long-standing power solution.
Accessibility to a cost-effective
electricity supply is rendered via Solar PV Technology during the lifespan of
the system. Both commercial & residential customers can convert to RE
(Renewable Energy), slashing their electricity bills.
Net Metering in Pakistan: How to Apply?
Net Metering Application: Every applicant who complies with
the DG’s requirements as specified in NEPRA’s regulation, presents his/her
application together with the required documents to the applicable DISCO
office.
Acknowledgement of the application: The
receipt of the application will then be acknowledged by the DISCO, which will
notify the applicant if the application is perfectly completed. This will be done
within 5 working days after the application is received.
In case an application form is
incomplete: If any applicable information is incomplete or you don’t submit
required document, the applicant will be informed to provide such information
or document to the DISCO within the period of 7 days after being given notice.
Initial Review: After the DISCO
receives your application, completed as required, it will conduct a preliminary
review, determining if the applicant is qualifying for the interconnection amenity,
whilst fulfilling the additional demands.
After studying about net metering in
Pakistan you may say, It is a great option to produce your own Renewable Energy
in Pakistan, seeing this option against the backdrop of the fact that the
country has power blackouts as well as load shedding, due to the fact that it
has an enormous 4000MW shortfall of energy.
We advise you to Google all the other
information you will need on the Internet to make an informed decision about
becoming a Distributed Generator.
Net metering in Pakistan:
What is it?
Through net metering DISCOs
(Distribution Companies) permits their customers to install an RE (Renewable
Energy) facility, onsite. This amenity/facility may not be below 1KW
(kilowatts), whilst not surpassing 1 MW (megawatts) in its capacity.
In this way they are able to create
energy for sustaining themselves. At the ending of every billing cycle, the
Distributing Company will be netting off the kWh which the DG supplied at
off-peak, against the supplied kWh by the DG.
Is net metering in
Pakistan already available?
NEPHRA (National Electric Power
Regulatory Authority) of Pakistan, adopted the regulation of the Generation;
Transmission & Distribution of the Electric Power Act – Act 1997 section
7(1) on 1 September 2015 which approves the Rules and Regulations which enables
the Net Metering Program for RE (Renewable Energy).
Which kinds of power
generating amenities are acceptable for net metering?
Renewable Energy facilities like wind
& solar energy systems, not surpassing 1MW in generating power capacity,
which is efficient to install inside the premises of the customer, are allowed
to partake in Pakistan’s program of net metering.
Net metering in Pakistan: how it works
How will the import & export of
energy work on my DISCO meter?
One bi-directional meter will be
installed by the Distribution Company with the ability to import & export
power. However, the Distribution Company (DISCO) can go for installing two
meters which are unidirectional.
One meter will be metering the energy
you purchase from your district’s DISCO, whilst the other one will be metering
the energy you will be exporting to the DISCO.
Who will receive the
power which I will export through my meter?
In general customers living nearby will
receive your exported solar electricity.
What advantages will I
receive if I opt for net metering?
By producing energy to sustain your own
needs, you will decrease the quantity of power you will have to purchase from
your district’s DISCO.
The tariff of the savings on
self-produced electricity for your own need, is similar to the retail
(off-peak) of the DISCO’s tariff, which consists of transmission, charges for
generation, distribution, system loss, taxes, subsidies as well as other
charges.
You can also receive credit on your power bill of the following billing cycle on all surplus electricity which is exported to the Distribution Company, equal to the Distribution Company’s blended generation price, but will exclude other generation adaptations.
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