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Pakistan could take advantage from starting a new planning process today that is designed to capture strong bottom-up demand forces rooted in interrupted power supply
Ideal dwelling landscape greater use free rooftop space and unlocking this untapped potential
Shared cost burden: Devolution of capacity payment charges to end-users/investors
Production profile of solar PV matches consumption load profiles
Reducing T&D losses: DISCO distribution losses are a key challenge: consider solar PV support to grid in high-loss areas
Energy affordability: Net-metered systems have already reached grid parity
Just transition: Ignore market segments in high-loss configurations
Climate change means there is no “business as usual” scenario, the baseline “inertia” scenario = increasing problems and costs
Energy security: Successful outcomes require holistic analysis and planning where decentralized generation expansion plans are synchronized with centralized expansion

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