Non-solar consumers saddled with Rs 200 billion due to net-metering, unregulated solar
This image shows workers installing a solar panel. — Reuters/File Rooftop solar, net-metering reduce grid demand by 8-10%. Solar users avoid up to Rs 20 per unit cost for setting up net-metering. The report proposes a bill of Rs.1,000 for residential net metering users. ISLAMABAD: In an alarming revelation, it has been revealed that unregulated solar power in the country has led non-solar consumers to bear an additional burden of over Rs 200 billion in the financial year 2023-24, The News reported on Saturday. A report titled “The Distributed Divide – How Solar Expansion Affects Non-Adopting Consumers and Utility Finances”,
