Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday took notice of the new Prosumer Regulations 2026 issued by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), directing the Power Division to immediately file an appeal to NEPRA to protect the contract of existing solar consumers.

Presiding over a special meeting on NEPRA’s new regulations, the prime minister directed the Power Division to formulate a comprehensive action plan in this regard so that the burden of 466,000 consumers benefiting from solar did not fall on more than 37.6 million consumers using electricity only from the national grid, a press release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Federal Ministers Ahad Khan Cheema, Attaullah Tarar, Ali Pervez Malik, Sardar Owais Khan Leghari, Minister of State Bilal Azhar Kayani, Adviser on Privatisation Muhammad Ali and relevant senior officials.

The government maintains that maintaining a balance within the energy system is essential to prevent any single segment of consumers from bearing a disproportionate burden.

It is worth noting that NEPRA on Monday issued a notification for the Prosumers Regulations 2026, under which the existing net metering system is being replaced with a net billing mechanism.