Nepal has started to import 20 megawatt of electricity through the Tanakapur point beginning January 1 as per the agreement between Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and the Power Trade Corporation (PTC) of India . The NEA has said that the supply will be up to Lamahi. "The 20 MW power has been supplied to the western part of Nepal up to Lamahi,” Dr Jibendra Jha, the Managing Director of NEA

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Minister for Energy Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said the government is working to limit power outage to 12 hours per day this winter. Last year consumers had faced power outage up to 20 hours a day during the driest season. The total demand in the country reaches nearly 900 MW while the installed capacity of all the hydroelectric projects doesn´t make up even 700 MW. Moreover, the projects generate less than half their full [installed] capacity during the dry season as all -- except for Kulekhani

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एकिकृत नेकपा माओवादी सेती महाकाली राज्य संगठन समितीले पश्चिम सेती परियोजना देशको हित विपरित भएकोले अहिलेकै सम्झौता बमोजिम संचालन गर्न नदिने निर्णय गरेको छ। पाँच दिनसम्म चलेको राज्यसमिती बैठकले केन्द्रीय नेतृत्वलाई सेती-महाकालीलाई टाढाको ब्यवहार नगर्न सुझाव दिने निर्णय पनि गरेको छ।

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KATHMANDU, July 14: The UML-led government has set an ambitious target of generating 25,000 MW of hydroelectricity in the next two decades, much above the past Maoist-led government´s target of generating 10,000 MW of power in 10 years. Towards that target, the government has allocated a budget of Rs 14.69 billion for the electricity sector for the coming fiscal, up by 131 percent from the revised budget for the sector in the [...]

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India and Nepal have agreed to hold the much-delayed Power Exchange Committee meeting in the first week of August. The meeting will decide how the two sides will utilize the 30 MW additional power supply from India. The Indian government agreed to provide the additional 30 MW of power to Nepal Friday, as requested by the government of Nepal in April when [...]

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India agreed to provide an additional 30 MW of power to Nepal Friday, as requested by the government of Nepal in April when the country was facing an acute power shortage and loadshedding of up to 18 hours daily. However, both the Ministry of Energy and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) have said that the Indian government´s nod is now too late as Nepal no longer faces heavy loadshedding. The request was made for April and May, [...]

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KATHMANDU, June 26: A delegation of the Small Hydropower Developers´ Association of Nepal (SHDAN) met Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Friday and put forth a 10-point demand. They have sought income tax and VAT exemption, VAT exemption for transport of building materials and only 1percent customs duty. The delegation asked [...]

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KATHMANDU, June 16: A power exchange meeting between India and Nepal, which was expected to be held by June-end to work out a power exchange mechanism, now lies in limbo with delay from the Indian side. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) said that it put in a request for the meeting some three weeks back and has [...]

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KATHMANDU, June 13: If you want to learn how to kill two birds with one stone, you should go meet the organizers of the Spinal Injury Electric Vehicle Rally. As the name suggests, the electric vehicle rally that began at Maitighar Mandala and ended at the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Center in Sanga Saturday had a dual [...]

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Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is under tremendous pressure to take an immediate decision regarding a 250-MW power purchase from India. A decision in this connection, according to NEA sources, would have to be taken within the next two weeks as the Power Trading Corporation (PTC) of India is becoming ´impatient.´ "A bold decision has to be taken in this regard within two weeks as we are already facing pressure from PTC," an NEA official told Republica.

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