With peak electricity rates exceeding PKR 60+ per unit (including fuel price adjustments and taxes), residential electricity bills in Lahore, Shahdara, and Ferozewala have reached record highs.
The most effective strategy to completely eliminate your monthly utility bill is LESCO Net Metering. In this guide, SG Solar Solutions explains step-by-step how net metering works and how a 10kW solar system can bring your bill down to zero.
1. What is LESCO Net Metering?
Net metering is a bi-directional billing mechanism that allows solar system owners to export surplus solar electricity generated during daylight hours back into the LESCO main power grid.
When your solar panels generate more electricity than your house consumes, your green bi-directional meter counts the exported units. At night or on rainy days when your solar system isn’t producing power, you draw grid power. At the end of the month, LESCO deducts your exported units from your imported units.
$$\text{Final Billed Units} = \text{Imported Units from LESCO} - \text{Exported Solar Units to LESCO}$$
If your exported units exceed imported units, your net electricity bill drops to PKR 0, and remaining credits roll over into your next month’s bill!
2. Real Net Metering Calculation Example
Let’s look at a typical 10kW Solar System installed on a 10 Marla house in Shahdara:
- Average Daily Solar Generation: 42 Units / Day
- Total Monthly Solar Generation: ~1,260 Units
- Household Daytime Consumption: 15 Units / Day (450 Units / Month)
- Surplus Solar Exported to Grid: 27 Units / Day (810 Units / Month Exported)
- Nighttime Grid Consumption: 25 Units / Night (750 Units / Month Imported)
Monthly LESCO Bill Math:
$$\text{Net Billed Units} = 750 \text{ (Imported)} - 810 \text{ (Exported)} = -60 \text{ Units (Credit)}$$
Result: The homeowner pays PKR 0 for electricity consumption and accumulates 60 credited units for the following month!
3. Step-by-Step LESCO Net Metering Process
- System Sizing & 3-Phase Meter Verification: Your house must have a 3-phase LESCO meter connection and an on-grid or hybrid 3-phase inverter (minimum 3kW).
- Application Filing: Prepare application forms, CNIC copy, property ownership papers, and recent paid LESCO bill.
- Engineering Inspection & NOC: SG Solar Solutions prepares the single-line electrical diagram, protection schematics, and equipment test certificates.
- LESCO Approval & License Issue: NEPRA / LESCO awards the 3-year renewable net metering generation license.
- Bi-Directional Meter Installation: LESCO meter lab tests and installs the official bi-directional green meter.
4. Let SG Solar Solutions Handle Your Net Metering
Avoid bureaucratic delays and application rejections. SG Solar Solutions provides complete turnkey net metering filing across Shahdara, Ferozewala, Kot Abdul Malik, Metro City, Al Rehman Garden, Begum Kot, Muridke, Kamahan, and Lahore Cantt.
- 📞 Call Net Metering Specialist: 0318 0637648
- 🌐 Learn More: https://sgsolarsolutions.pk/services/net-metering-lesco/
