Your solar bill, explained line by line.
How DISCOs calculate a net-metering bill, why exporting more than you use can still end in a bill, and what the 2026 net-billing rules mean for you. Short answers first, the full working underneath.
Read your bill
Every line, code and number on a net-metering bill.
- Read your bill
How to read a net-metering bill, line by line
Every box, code and number on a LESCO, IESCO, FESCO, GEPCO, MEPCO, PESCO or HESCO net-metering bill, using one real bill as the example.
4 min read - Read your bill
How a net-metering bill is calculated, step by step
The formula behind your solar bill, worked through rupee by rupee on a real LESCO bill so you can check your own.
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Why the bill is high
Peak hours, settlement, fixed charges and taxes.
- Why the bill is high
Why your net-metering bill is still high, even after exporting more
Seven reasons a solar home that exports more than it imports still gets a DISCO bill, and which ones you can actually change.
3 min read - Why the bill is high
Peak hours in Pakistan: timings by season, and what they cost a solar home
The four-hour evening window that decides most of a solar home’s bill: when it is each month, what it costs, and how to stay out of it.
3 min read - Why the bill is high
Quarterly settlement explained: MONTH COUNT, carried-forward units and credit
Why one bill in three looks so different, what the REMAINING units on your bill mean, and what happens to your surplus.
3 min read - Why the bill is high
Fixed charges, FPA, QTA and taxes on a solar bill, explained
The parts of your bill that solar can’t touch: what each one is, how it is calculated in 2026, and which are going up or down.
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2026 rules and rates
Net billing, buyback rates and what changed for existing users.
Fix it and save
Wrong bills, complaints, and getting more out of your panels.
- Fix it and save
Wrong net-metering bill? How to check it and complain to your DISCO or NEPRA
The billing errors solar users actually run into, how to prove them from the bill itself, and the complaint route that gets them fixed.
3 min read - Fix it and save
How to download your LESCO, IESCO, FESCO or any DISCO bill as a PDF
The official PITC links for every DISCO, where to find your reference number, and how to save the bill as a PDF.
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Is rooftop solar still worth it in Pakistan in 2026?
Exports now earn far less, so the maths has changed. What makes solar pay back under the 2026 rules, and when a battery makes sense.
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