Pakistan, April 27 -- On directives of Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari, the Power Division has formally asked the National Electric and Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to abolish the application fee and remove the license requirement for solar consumers of 25 kilowatts and below.

The Power Division had previously alerted Nepra about the adverse effects of this decision and requested that it be aligned with the old regulations, the Power Division said in a statement on Sunday.

The development comes a day after the Nepra clarified that solar consumers who are not connected to the national grid do not require any licence from the regulator, and no such proposal was currently under consideration.

Under the previous 2015 regulat...