NEPRA has introduced the (Prosumer) Regulations 2026, effectively ending the one-to-one net metering system established in 2015. Under the new “net billing” framework, utilities like Discos will buy excess solar power from households and businesses at the national average energy purchase price potentially as low as Rs11 per unit while charging full consumer tariffs up to Rs50 per unit for supplied electricity. This shift could burden solar adopters with higher net payments, as the buyback rate drops from the current Rs25.9. Existing contracts remain intact until expiry, but renewals must comply with the new rules, including a reduced five-year term from seven. Key Restrictions and Application Process System sizes are capped at 1MW and tied to sanctioned load, with no new setups if transformer generation hits 80% capacity. Larger systems (250kW+) require load flow studies, and all interconnection costs fall on prosumers, plus a Rs1,000/kW fee. Applications must be processed quic...
There's a phone call happening soon that 314 families have been waiting months to receive. Your son is coming home. Your husband is being released. The waiting is over. It won't make as much noise as it should. Prisoner exchanges rarely do. But this one brokered this week in Abu Dhabi between the United States, Ukraine, and Russia marks the first time in nearly five months that these three countries have agreed on anything that puts human lives first. The talks were described by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff as "detailed" and "productive"—the kind of carefully chosen words that mean something actually moved forward. No grand announcements. No political theater. Just an agreement that 314 people, caught in the machinery of conflict, get to go home. And it happened in the UAE. The Room Where It Happens There aren't many cities left where American, Ukrainian, and Russian delegations will sit across from each other. Abu Dhabi is one of them. Not because t...