Rejecting speculation, Federal Minister for Energy Sardar Oas Ahmed Legisi on Sunday has claimed that under the new policy, the number of solar pure metering users will increase.
Earlier this week, the Cabinet’s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) changed the back tariff of solar roof users to Rs 10 per unit per unit.
Talk Geo NewsThe program ‘New Pakistan’, the Minister of Energy, believed that solar consumers would recover the cost of installing the solar system in almost four years, which is commonly known as the payment period.
The minister said that the government never discouraged the sugar, adding that he did not impose a tax on the solar panel.
He said that the solar spread on this system was 1500 MW to 2000 MW in the last 1.25 years, adding that he was expecting solar electricity around 1200 MW every year.
In response to a question, the Minister said that new rates would be imposed on users who would apply for net metering in the future, adding that it would not be applicable to the current consumers.
When he asked the former Finance Minister Muftia Ismail’s claim that the government would also impose an 18 % tax on the export unit, the minister said that he was “false information” and that his calculations were false. He made it clear that there would be no tax on the export unit.
Regarding the maternal uncle, the encryption asked that the burden on grid consumers last year was Rs 34 billion, how did it increase by Rs 1550 billion? He said that due to economic conditions and net metering, the number of grid users decreased but the ability to pay has not changed.
The Minister said: “Payment of capacity is distributed on the total number of grid consumers. Therefore, the total burden increased to Rs 1550 billion.
In a major change in the policy, the Cabinet ECC changed the back tariff of solar roof users on March 13 to Rs 10 per unit.
This is decided in light of a significant increase in the number of solar net metering users, which has financial implications for grid users.
“As part of the approved changes, the ECC has converted the back rate to Rs 10 per unit from the national average electricity purchase price (NAPP) to Rs 10 per unit.”
However, it was made clear that the revised framework would not apply to the current net -meter users “who have a valid license, consensus or contract under the NEPRA (alternative and renewable energy) distributed generation and pure metering regulations, 2015.”
The statement reads, “Any such contract will remain effective until the license or contract expires, whatever happens before. This ensures that the rights and responsibilities of these consumers will continue according to the current terms, including unanimous rates, including unanimous rates.”
In addition, the committee approved the proposal, subject to cabinet verification, so that the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) from time to time could be revised to this baacious back rate, ensuring that the framework is flexible and the market is flexible.
In addition, the ECC also approved the refreshment in the settlement procedure. Under the new structure, imported and exported units will be treated separately for billing purposes.
The exported units will be purchased at a revised by -back rate of Rs 10 per unit, while the import units will be billed at the peak/off peak rates, including taxes and surcharges during the monthly billing cycle.
The ECC also gave the Power Division the option of issuing the proposed guidelines, under cabinet verification, under cabinet verification, under cabinet verification, to ensure clarification and consistency in the implementation of these amendments.
The decision discusses the growing effects of solar net metering on the national power grid.
