Day: February 9, 2026

The Green Tech Revolution: Can Asia Lead the World?

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Asia is facing the effects of climate change, and the stakes are incredibly high. Extreme weather events are no longer rare occurrences; they have become a constant part of life on the continent. In India, summer heatwaves in 2025 pushed temperatures above 50°C in parts of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. This overwhelmed power grids and led to hundreds of deaths related to heat. Meanwhile, Southeast Asia is dealing with unprecedented floods. In the Philippines and Vietnam, over 500,000 people were displaced last year as rivers and drainage systems overflowed, destroying…

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Nepra notifies new net metering regulations 2026, introduces net billing system

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ISLAMABAD – The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has issued a notification for the new Net Metering Regulations 2026. According to the notification, a net billing system has been introduced under the new regulations, which will also apply to biogas consumers. Under the regulations, electricity bills will be issued at the end of each billing cycle through the net billing mechanism. Power generated by net metering consumers will be purchased at the National Average Energy Price. Consumers will now be required to pay the per-unit cost, as the unit-for-unit…

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State can’t afford 70% electricity discount: minister

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In the midst of a booming trend in which masses are turning to solar energy, Federal Minister for Energy (Power Division) Awais Leghari has said that the number of consumers using less than 200 units of electricity has increased from 9 million to 21 million. “Affluent individuals make their way into the list of consumers using less than 200 units by installing solar systems. It is not up to the state to give a 70% discount on electricity prices to such a large segment,” said Leghari while speaking to Geo News programme…

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NEPRA Notifies Prosumer Regulations 2026 to Strengthen Distributed Energy Framework

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Islamabad, February 9, 2026:In a significant move aimed at promoting distributed and renewable energy generation across Pakistan, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has officially notified the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Prosumer) Regulations, 2026, providing a comprehensive legal framework for electricity consumers who also generate power. Issued through S.R.O. 251(I)/2026, the new regulations have come into force with immediate effect under Section 47 read with Section 7(1) of the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power Act, 1997. Enabling Consumers to Become Power Producers The Prosumer…

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New IPP power deals could save Pakistan Rs1.4tr, says Mishal report

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ISLAMABAD: Mishal Pakistan has released its Pakistan Reforms Report 2026, saying the country has made large-scale progress on governance reforms over the past year, and that the energy sector led the reform effort, accounting for 40% of the total. The report says more than 600 reforms were implemented across 135 institutions, describing this as a fivefold increase in the scale of reforms compared with the previous year. It also adds that new agreements with Independent Power Producers in the power sector could result in expected savings of Rs1.4 trillion. On…

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