ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has issued a new notification ensuring that existing net metering rates for solar consumers who signed agreements with distribution companies (Discos) before February 9, 2026, will remain applicable until the expiry of their agreements.
According to SRO 547(I)/2026, issued under Section 47 of the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power Act, 1997, NEPRA has introduced amendments to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Prosumer) Regulations, 2026.
The notification states that, notwithstanding the repeal of earlier regulations, all approvals, licences, concurrences, and agreements executed prior to the enforcement of the new regulations will remain valid. Consumers with existing agreements under the repealed framework will continue to be billed in accordance with the rates and mechanisms specified in those regulations until the expiry of their agreements.
However, the authority clarified that any material modification in a distributed generation facility—resulting in a change in its maximum electrical output—will nullify the savings associated with the existing rate and billing mechanism during the agreement period.
Furthermore, the amended provision will be deemed to have taken effect from February 9, 2026, and will be treated as having been in force from that date. ENDS
