New billing policy will take effect from the January 2026 billing cycle
LAHORE: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-Feb 4th, 2026) Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has announced a reduction in the export rate for net metering consumers as part of a new billing policy.
Under the revised policy, the export rate has been decreased by Rs 0.66 per unit, bringing it down from Rs 25.98 to Rs 25.32 per unit.
According to LESCO’s official notification, the new billing policy will take effect from the January 2026 billing cycle. The policy imposes restrictions on export units exceeding the approved DG (diesel generator) capacity, and any additional export units will be limited proportionally to the approved capacity.
The notification further states that adjustments for export units will continue under CP 22, and accurate registration of export MDI (Maximum Demand Indicator) will be mandatory for all net metering consumers.
Last year in Nov, Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) introduced stricter guidelines for net metering projects in response to an increasing number of cases involving substandard inverters in solar systems.
Under the updated rules, the consumers seeking net metering connections must provide the inverter’s serial number along with the manufacturer or company name.
LESCO had instructed that all inverter details be entered into the ERP system for official record-keeping.
When applying for meter allocation, consumers were required to submit the inverter number along with their demand notice. The failure to provide this information would result in the cancellation of the meter allocation request.
The inverter numbers submitted by companies would be officially recorded, and verification would also take place at the time of meter installation. LESCO emphasized that any mismatch or discrepancy in the inverter details would prevent the meter from being installed, ensuring that only approved and compliant solar equipment was connected to the grid.
