Pakistan, April 26 -- The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) clarified on Saturday that solar consumers who are not connected to the national grid do not require any licence from the regulator, and no such proposal is currently under consideration.

In a statement, Nepra officials explained that its regulations cannot be applied to off-grid solar consumers, adding that these rules only cover users falling under net metering and net billing categories, which are limited to those connected to the national grid.

They added that under the new Nepra regulations, net billing has been introduced solely for new consumers, and all solar users connected to the national grid with any level of load will now be required to obtain a ...