ISLAMABAD: TheNetwork for Consumer Protection has strongly criticised the government’s decision to discourage solarisation by reducing the electricity buyback rate by one third to Rs10 per unit and scrapping net billing.

TheNetwork has called the move a bad gift on the eve of World Consumer Rights Day, being observed on Saturday, focusing on the theme of a “Just Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles”.

The decision, applicable to new net-metering consumers, was taken at a meeting of ECC says that the power companies will purchase surplus solar electricity from consumers at Rs10 per unit during the day, while selling grid electricity at Rs42........

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