Solar in Gujrat, Jhelum and Mandi Bahauddin

This page covers prices, the DISCO rules for each district, and design notes for Gujrat's fan and light-engineering workshops, Jhelum's hillier and windier sites, and the rice and wheat farms around Mandi Bahauddin.

Solar plate price in Gujrat, Jhelum and Mandi Bahauddin

Brand-by-brand prices are on our solar panel price in Pakistan page. Whoever quotes you, ask for the full model number of each solar plate and check the serial using our guide to checking genuine solar panels.

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Solar in Gujrat, Jhelum and Mandi Bahauddin

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GEPCO / IESCO

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30 areas

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Complete solar system price

Team travel appears as a separate quotation line. Our projects start at about 6 kW; if you were planning a 2-3 kW system, send your bill first and we will show you what your load actually needs. See the solar system price guide, lithium battery prices and the solar calculator.

Which DISCO covers your district?

This is the first thing to check, because it decides where your net billing file goes.

Jhelum sits next to Gujrat across the river, but its bills come from IESCO, not GEPCO. If you own property in both districts, expect two different offices and application routes, even though the national rules are the same. Our pages on Gujranwala and Sialkot cover the rest of the GEPCO area, and our Rawalpindi page covers IESCO's main city.

Gujrat: fan workshops and light engineering

Gujrat is best known for its electric-fan industry. A Pakistan Business Council study puts the Gujrat and Gujranwala regions together at close to 90% of the country's domestic fan manufacturing capacity, and the district also has furniture and other small and medium workshops. These units share a recognisable load profile:

• Daytime single-shift work. Winding, assembly, painting and packing mostly run in daylight, which suits solar well.
• Many small motors and some heavy ones. Lathes, presses, compressors and paint-shop blowers start at different times. The inverter and protection must cope with the starting surges, not just the average load.
• Mixed single-phase and three-phase machines. Unbalanced phases waste inverter capacity and can cause trips. See three-phase vs single-phase inverters.
• Seasonal peaks. Fan demand peaks before summer, so production and load rise in the months when solar output also climbs.
• Demand charges. On industrial bills, solar reduces units bought but may not reduce maximum demand on its own; read what MDI means on your bill.

Many workshops sit in older mixed-use buildings, with the factory below and the family above. Before panels go up, the roof slab needs checking; our guide on roof load and structural checks explains what we look at. Solar Works Pakistan handles workshop and factory projects through its industrial and commercial solar service, with in-house AutoCAD and structural design. We do not publish client names.

Jhelum: hills, wind and IESCO

Jhelum district is more varied than the flat plains further south. The Salt Range runs across it, with the Khewra salt mine near Pind Dadan Khan, and the land north of the range rises into the Potohar plateau. That changes three things for solar:

1. Wind and storms. Hilltop and ridge sites, and open rooftops in Dina and Sohawa, catch stronger gusts. Structures need proper anchoring, and good earthing and surge protection matter in monsoon thunderstorms. See storms and lightning safety.
2. Slope and orientation. Homes on sloping plots or terraces may not face due south. A slightly east- or west-facing array still works, with some loss; our guide to the best panel angle and direction for Punjab explains the trade-off.
3. Shade from hills and trees. In valleys, a ridge can shade panels in the early morning or late afternoon, especially in winter when the sun is low. A site survey at the right time of day catches this.

Most of Jhelum's farming is rain-fed, so tubewell solar is less common here than in the canal districts, but where a bore is used for a farm or a hillside house, see our solar tubewell guide.

Mandi Bahauddin: rice country and farms

Mandi Bahauddin district, between the Jhelum and Chenab rivers, is a farming district where rice is widely grown alongside wheat. That brings two kinds of solar enquiry:

• Rice husking and processing units. Big motors, husk dust and a seasonal load after harvest. Our guide to solar for rice and flour mills covers motor starting, dust and off-season surplus under net billing.
• Tubewells for paddy. Rice needs a lot of water in a short season. Sizing by horsepower and bore depth is explained in our solar tubewell and VFD guide.

Solar Works Pakistan designs and installs solar for tubewells and farm buildings in Mandi Bahauddin and Gujrat districts.

Family homes managed from abroad

Across this region, many families arrange solar for a home while relatives living overseas pay for it or oversee it. Our guide to solar for your family home while you live abroad explains how to handle the survey, approvals and payments remotely.

GEPCO, IESCO and net billing

Both GEPCO and IESCO apply NEPRA's national rules. The detail is in our net metering and net billing guide; in short:

• Net metering closed to new applicants on 9 February 2026. New connections come under net billing. Imports are billed at your normal tariff; exports are credited at the national average energy purchase price, reported at about Rs 10-11 per unit when the rules were notified.
• Existing net metering agreements keep their terms until they expire; changing system capacity can move you to net billing.
• Capacity is capped at your sanctioned load (overall limit 1 MW), and net billing is open to three-phase 400 V or 11 kV consumers.
• Up to 25 kW, the DISCO approves the system with no NEPRA fee. Above 25 kW, NEPRA concurrence and a one-time Rs 1,000 per kW apply. See the 25 kW rule.
• No new applications once solar on a transformer reaches 80% of its rating. Our green meter and application guide lists the documents and timelines.

Because exports earn far less than imports cost, a Gujrat workshop running a day shift will use most of its solar on site, while a home that is empty during the day may benefit from a battery for evening use.

Solar Works Pakistan prepares, submits and follows up the GEPCO and IESCO net billing application on your behalf.

How a project works

Every project follows the same steps:

1. Send data on WhatsApp: twelve months of bills, roof or shed photos, and for workshops a machine list with shift hours.
2. Remote engineering review of units, demand, sanctioned load and connection type, with an indicative size.
3. Site survey, normally free, to check the roof, shading, structure and cable routes.
4. In-house design and a detailed BOQ with brand, model, quantity and warranty for every item.
5. Installation by our own team, then testing, safe commissioning and handover, including the monitoring app.

After a complaint is registered, we target sending service personnel within 48 hours to begin diagnosis; distance and spare parts can affect the time to a final fix. Small projects are normally completed in about one week, subject to payment, equipment availability and site readiness. Panels, inverters and batteries carry the manufacturer's warranty per product. Our structures carry a 3-year Solar Works Pakistan structure warranty, and our service warranty covers the first year under applicable project terms. See installation services.

Solar Works Pakistan was founded in 2021 and has served 300+ customers, including 50+ industrial clients, with power-generation heritage going back to the 1980s through our founder, Akram Ullah Khan.

Areas we serve

Our own teams survey and install across these districts, including:

Gujrat

Gujrat City · GT Road · Kharian · Kharian Cantt · Lalamusa · Sarai Alamgir · Jalalpur Jattan · Kunjah · Dinga · Shadiwal · Kotla Arab Ali Khan · Gujrat Industrial Estate

Jhelum

Jhelum City · Jhelum Cantt · GT Road · Dina · Sohawa · Domeli · Pind Dadan Khan · Khewra · Mangla Cantt · Kala Gujran

Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin City · Phalia · Malakwal · Pahrianwali · Kuthiala Sheikhan · Chillianwala · Rasul · Qadirabad

Not on the list? WhatsApp 0336 666 4321; we install across Punjab.

Get today's price or a free site survey

Send your bills and roof photos on WhatsApp and tell us which district you are in, so we can check the right DISCO rules from the start.

• WhatsApp or call: 0336 666 4321
• Email: info@solarworks.pk
• Head office: Main Boulevard, Sargodha Rd, Block F FDA City, Faisalabad (Faisalabad page)
• Lahore branch: 2nd Floor, Jeff Heights, Gulberg, Lahore (Lahore page)
• Hours: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, daily
• Service area: all of Punjab. Contact us online.

Frequently asked questions

What is the solar panel price in Gujrat today?

Mainstream N-type panels are WhatsApp for today's rate per watt, about WhatsApp for today's rate for a 615 W panel. The same national rate applies in Jhelum and Mandi Bahauddin. WhatsApp 0336 666 4321 for today's figure.

Is Jhelum under GEPCO or IESCO?

IESCO. Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin are GEPCO districts, but Jhelum, with Rawalpindi, Chakwal and Attock, is supplied by IESCO. The NEPRA net billing rules are the same; the office and application route differ.

Do you have an office in Gujrat or Jhelum?

No. Our own engineers and installation teams cover all of Punjab, starting with a WhatsApp review of your bills.

Can a fan or electrical-goods workshop run on solar?

Solar can carry much of a day-shift workshop's load. Motor starting surges, phase balance and demand charges need careful design, so we size from your machine list and bills.

Does hilly ground in Jhelum make solar harder?

It adds design work rather than ruling solar out. Stronger winds need well-anchored structures, slopes may change the panel direction, and ridges can shade panels in winter. A site survey checks all three.

Can I still get net metering in these districts?

Not as a new applicant. Applications from 9 February 2026 come under net billing with GEPCO or IESCO. Existing agreements keep their terms until they expire.

What is the smallest system you install here?

Our projects start at about 6 kW. Send your bill and we will tell you honestly what size your load needs.

Sources

Net billing facts are reused from our net metering and net billing guide, which lists the full sources.

• Gujranwala Electric Power Company (districts served), Wikipedia
• IESCO, About the organisation (districts served)
• Gujrat District (tehsils), Wikipedia
• Jhelum District (tehsils, Salt Range, Potohar, rain-fed farming), Wikipedia
• Mandi Bahauddin District (tehsils), Wikipedia
• District Jhelum, Government of Punjab, "Khewra Salt Mines"
• Pakistan Business Council, "Enhancing the Competitiveness of Pakistan's Domestic Fan Industry"
• Net Zero Pakistan, "Empowering Farmers Through Sustainable Rice Production in Mandi Bahauddin"
• Distance Between 2, Lahore to Gujrat and Lahore to Jhelum (straight-line distances): https://distancebetween2.com/lahore/gujrat and https://distancebetween2.com/lahore/jhelum
• NEPRA (Prosumer) Regulations, 2026, SRO 251(I)/2026 (copy hosted by K-Electric)
• NEPRA, amendment notification dated 6 August 2026
• The News, "Nepra scraps solar licence fee for systems up to 25kW" (28 Apr 2026)