Nepra abolishes licence requirement, fee for small solar users

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday withdrew ab initio the requirement of a licence along with a fee of Rs1,000 per kilowatt for solar net-metering consumers for up to 25kW capacity.

The development came two days after the Power Division, facing severe public criticism for “taxing sunlight”, directed Nepra to abolish the requirement of a licence and licence fee for solar prosumers below 25 kilowatt capacity.

Complying with the directive, Nepra issued a notification stating that prosumers’ regulations had been amended and there would be no licencing fee on up to 25kW distributed generation. It said higher capacity prosumers would have to deposit a one-time fee of Rs1,000 per kilowatt.

“This notification shall be applicable and deemed to be effective from February 9, 2026”, the order said.

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