ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has installed 5242 net metering connections so far in various areas of its region.
The IESCO spokesperson said the company has received 5417 applications for net metering connections so far and out of which 5,325 applications have been approved by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority.
The installed net metering connections included 4760 domestic, 322 commercial, 80 government, 62 industrial, 15 agricultural and 3 bulk supply connections, he said.
He said the Net Metering consumers have supplied over 58.97 million units to the company resulting significantly reduction in their monthly bills.
Chief Executive Dr Muhammad Amjad Khan also instructed all field formations to provide complete information about the procedure and benefits of net metering to the consumers.
Deputy Director Muhammad Khan and Assistant Director of Net Metering Cell Muhammad Kamran Khan was fulfilling their responsibilities as focal persons in a good way.
The spokesperson said customers could call Muhammad Kamran Khan at his office number 051-9252931 to get information about net metering connections. The list of approved Companies for net metering was also available on AEDB’s website www.aedb.org, he said.
IRSA releases 103523 cusecs water
ISLAMABAD: Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Wednesday released 103523 cusecs water from various rim stations with an inflow of 97637 cases.
According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in the Jhelum River at Mangla Dam was 1085.50 feet, which was 35.05 feet higher than its dead level of 1,050 feet whereas the inflow and outflow of water was recorded a 28314 and 35000 cusecs respectively.
The release of water at Kalabagh, Taunsa and Sukkur was recorded as 47109, 27595 and 23660 cases respectively.
Similarly, from the Kabul River, a total of 16200 cusecs of water was released at Nowshera and 19723 cusecs released from the Chenab River at Marala.