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Nepra allows mandatory battery storage in upcoming wind and solar auction

From Dawn · () English

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  • Pakistan’s power regulator approved rules allowing mandatory battery storage for bidders in an upcoming 800MW wind and solar auction.
  • The measure aims to help stabilise electricity supply as the government prepares to move gradually toward a competitive energy market.
  • The government is consulting private companies before finalising the bidding schedule.

Pakistan’s National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has cleared a government plan to require battery energy storage systems in an upcoming auction for 800 megawatts of wind and solar power.

The requirement targets the electricity system’s serious “duck curve” challenges, which the government says make storage necessary as renewable generation changes the pattern of supply. Nepra approved the move through amendments to the wheeling auction process.

The amendments will allow the Independent System Operator, a subsidiary of the power division, to formally issue a request for proposals for the auction. The government announced the process after a delay of more than 30 years and is now engaging with private companies to finalise the bidding schedule.

The auction forms part of efforts to gradually shift Pakistan toward a competitive energy market. The government decided in July that bidders would have to include battery storage systems in their proposals.

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