Net billing replaced net metering in February 2026

In February 2026 NEPRA replaced net metering with net billing under the Prosumer Regulations 2026.

Under the old net metering regime, units you exported to the grid offset units you imported at close to parity — the meter effectively ran backwards. Under net billing, export and import are priced separately, and exported units are bought back at roughly a third of the old rate.

The practical consequence is that self-consumption now matters far more than export does. A system sized to push a large surplus onto the grid made sense under net metering; under net billing that surplus earns much less, and the same money is often better spent sizing the array against your actual daytime load — or, on some sites, on storage rather than on more panels.