How to get cheap electricity through Pakistan’s solar wheeling policy
Key takeaways
- The proposed policy is expected to benefit individuals and businesses that own land in rural areas but live or operate in major cities where installing solar panels is difficult or expensive.
- After a meeting between the business community and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President of the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Usman Shaukat, shared details of the policy.
- He said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had informed business leaders that the government was working on a solar wheeling framework.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize ISLAMABAD: The federal government is planning to introduce a Solar Wheeling Policy, also known as an Energy Wheeling Policy, which will allow consumers and businesses to generate solar power at one location and utilize the resulting energy credits at another location through the national grid.
The proposed policy is expected to benefit individuals and businesses that own land in rural areas but live or operate in major cities where installing solar panels is difficult or expensive.
After a meeting between the business community and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President of the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Usman Shaukat, shared details of the policy.