A Most Urgent Appeal

Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif
Prime Minister of Pakistan
All the leaders and partners of the coalition government of Pakistan

Respected Sirs,

AoA.

The policy of facility of net metering for the rooftop solar energy generation was introduced in 2015 during the tenure of former Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, under the election manifesto of the PML (N) for providing cheap, load shedding free and green electricity.

Now the NEPRA has suddenly planned to NULLIFY the above mentioned lawful government policy and facility to the general public, by bringing Net Metering customers at par with the bulk suppliers of power in the country, on the false and absurd premise that our country already has excess power generation capacity and therefore there was no need to add further generation into the system.

It seems that certain elements are living on Mars and have no realisation of the ground realities prevailing in Pakistan, which is facing widespread load shedding in the peak hot and cold seasons.

Hope our PM Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has not forgotten how hard he and his energy team had to work to meet the power short fall, immediately after taking over the reigns in the mid April 2022. Actually, due to various technical, economic and seasonal constraints, this notion of excess power generation capacity is literally nothing, but a myth.

The entire PMLN leadership and its allied parties are forewarned of the future pitfalls if, this plan of NEPRA is implemented as explained in full detail as below:

~ The entire momentum of the solar power green energy revolution started in Pakistan in the year 2015 onwards, will suddenly fizzle out, causing not only severe adverse climatic impact, in direct conflict with government’s declared plans of controlling Green House Gases (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere, by reducing dependency on fossil fuel.

~ All the world government’s including the government of Pakistan are pushing fast towards green energy production and running of maximum vehicular road and even air traffic on electric motors by giving special incentives to the entrepreneurs and general public producing green energy with particular emphasis on solar energy, but if, the NEPRA’s scheme of reversing this system is implemented, how can our government ask for carbon credit benefits and our stance of floods being caused by the GHG produced by the other nations, will look like a joke, in view of impending regressive policies of discouraging investments on future solar power productions

~ This regressive plan of NEPRA will generate much less funds compared with the cost of the increased fuel imports using fast depleting foreign exchange.

~ Moreover, this idea of NEPRA will generate huge anger and repulsive feelings in the masses (which is already furious with extreme bad opinion about the PMLN’s current government‘s dismal non-performance on the economic fronts)

~ The public faith and trust on any future promise of the government shall be badly shaken if, this policy decision of PMLN’s own government is reversed

~ Last but not the least, this regressive idea of NEPRA may severely dent the vote bank of the PMLN and its allied parties to the extent that they may not be even seen on the opposition benches

We have explained the entire matter well in advance and hope that your current government will take the decision in the larger public interest.

With kind regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad
03219402157
Lahore.