Critical Analysis and Application of Net-Metring Practice in MEPCO
The electrical infrastructure around the globe is expanding at a rapid rate for the sake of fulfilling power demands in the domestic, commercial and entertainment industries aiming to boost the living standards. In this regard, renewable energy sources (RES) are globally accepted potential candidate...
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| author | Hussain, Ghulam |
| author2 | Rashid, Zeeshan Umer, Farhana |
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| author_facet | Hussain, Ghulam Rashid, Zeeshan Umer, Farhana |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Hussain, Ghulam Rashid, Zeeshan Umer, Farhana |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2020-06-13 2021-01-18T07:35:43Z 2021-01-18T07:35:43Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | HassanZahid, Farhana Umar, Zeeshan Rashid, Abdur Raheem, Rabia Shakoor, G. AmjadHussain, “Critical Analysis and Application of Net-Metring Practice inMEPCO, Hindawi International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 2020, articleID: 4135860, Jun 2020 https://dspace.auk.edu.kw/handle/11675/6712 https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijp/2020/4135860/ |
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| description | The electrical infrastructure around the globe is expanding at a rapid rate for the sake of fulfilling power demands in the domestic, commercial and entertainment industries aiming to boost the living standards. In this regard, renewable energy sources (RES) are globally accepted potential candidates for maintaining inexhaustible, clean, and reliable electricity with a supplementary feature of economic prospect. The efficiency of power distribution at reduced cost to the consumers can be further enhanced by introducing a two-way billing system so-called net-metering which has the potential to overcome issues such as voltage regulation, power blackouts, overstressed grid and need for expensive storage systems thereby making it beneficial for the grid and the end user. This envisioning has encouraged the Government of Pakistan to install net-metering infrastructure at places which accommodate surplus renewable energy reserves. According to the Electric Power Act 1997, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) issued the net-metering rules and regulations in September 2015 by the endorsement of Federal Government which allowed the distribution companies in Pakistan to buy surplus electricity units generated by the consumers in order to partly reimburse the units imported from the utility grid. The aim behind this research work is to promote renewable energy utilization through net-metering mechanism in order to achieve maximum power. The export of units from consumer side to utility grid and vice versa can be made through bidirectional energy meter. In this paper, a solar net-metering analysis has been carried out on ETAP software to determine its benefits in a distribution network. Different scenarios have been investigated, and it is concluded that solar net-metering technique has multiple influential benefits, e.g., improvement in voltage regulation, reduction in transmission and distribution losses, increase in power availability, less billing to consumers, and reduction of loading on utility grid. |
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| spelling | Critical Analysis and Application of Net-Metring Practice in MEPCOHussain, GhulamRashid, ZeeshanUmer, FarhanaThe electrical infrastructure around the globe is expanding at a rapid rate for the sake of fulfilling power demands in the domestic, commercial and entertainment industries aiming to boost the living standards. In this regard, renewable energy sources (RES) are globally accepted potential candidates for maintaining inexhaustible, clean, and reliable electricity with a supplementary feature of economic prospect. The efficiency of power distribution at reduced cost to the consumers can be further enhanced by introducing a two-way billing system so-called net-metering which has the potential to overcome issues such as voltage regulation, power blackouts, overstressed grid and need for expensive storage systems thereby making it beneficial for the grid and the end user. This envisioning has encouraged the Government of Pakistan to install net-metering infrastructure at places which accommodate surplus renewable energy reserves. According to the Electric Power Act 1997, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) issued the net-metering rules and regulations in September 2015 by the endorsement of Federal Government which allowed the distribution companies in Pakistan to buy surplus electricity units generated by the consumers in order to partly reimburse the units imported from the utility grid. The aim behind this research work is to promote renewable energy utilization through net-metering mechanism in order to achieve maximum power. The export of units from consumer side to utility grid and vice versa can be made through bidirectional energy meter. In this paper, a solar net-metering analysis has been carried out on ETAP software to determine its benefits in a distribution network. Different scenarios have been investigated, and it is concluded that solar net-metering technique has multiple influential benefits, e.g., improvement in voltage regulation, reduction in transmission and distribution losses, increase in power availability, less billing to consumers, and reduction of loading on utility grid.2021-01-18T07:35:43Z2021-01-18T07:35:43Z2020-06-13Journal ArticlePeer-Reviewedinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionHassanZahid, Farhana Umar, Zeeshan Rashid, Abdur Raheem, Rabia Shakoor, G. AmjadHussain, “Critical Analysis and Application of Net-Metring Practice inMEPCO, Hindawi International Journal of Photoenergy, vol. 2020, articleID: 4135860, Jun 2020https://dspace.auk.edu.kw/handle/11675/6712https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijp/2020/4135860/Hindawioai:dspace.auk.edu.kw:11675/67122022-01-13T09:22:08Z |
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| title | Critical Analysis and Application of Net-Metring Practice in MEPCO |
| title_full | Critical Analysis and Application of Net-Metring Practice in MEPCO |
| title_fullStr | Critical Analysis and Application of Net-Metring Practice in MEPCO |
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| title_short | Critical Analysis and Application of Net-Metring Practice in MEPCO |
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| url | https://dspace.auk.edu.kw/handle/11675/6712 https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijp/2020/4135860/ |