Kathmandu. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management and Urban Development Minister Kulman Ghising has monitored the Load Dispatch Centre under the Nepal Electricity Authority.

Minister Ghising inspected the power plant at Syuchatar of Kathmandu on Monday evening and took stock of the situation of power generation, transmission and distribution system of the country, grid operation, electricity demand and supply management, electricity export, and flood-damaged electricity projects.

Minister Ghising, also the former executive director of NEA, discussed on policy and technical improvements to make the electricity system more reliable, qualitative, safe and modern.

Saying that the power supply should be resumed immediately after repairing the structures damaged by floods and landslides, Ghising urged the subordinate offices to be ready accordingly. He also urged the NEA management to operate powerhouse, transmission line and substation in full capacity, pay special attention for the construction of 220 KV Marsyangdi corridor and Hetauda-Dhalkebar 400 KV transmission line and make management of electricity for upcoming winter.

On the occasion, NEA Executive Manoj Silwal and Centre Director Chandan Kumar Ghosh briefed NEA about generation, demand, supply, export, the condition of the system operation and the problems.

Executive Director Silwal said that the team has been kept ready to repair the structures damaged by floods and landslides and resume the power supply.

Daily 1,000 MW of electricity, 15 billion electricity export

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Manoj Silwal, managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), said that the country is exporting over 1,000 MW of electricity on a daily basis. Nepal has exported electricity worth Rs 15 billion since mid-July of the current fiscal year 2082÷82.

The power is being sold in the states of Haryana and Bihar at competitive rates in the day-ahead and real-time market of the Indian Energy Exchange (IX0) and as per the bilateral medium-term sales agreement.

Bangladesh is exporting 40 MW of electricity daily using India’s transmission infrastructure. Electricity trade with India is done in Indian rupees and up to Bangladesh in US dollars.

Therefore, we are earning Indian rupees and dollars from the sale of electricity. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has received permission to export 1165 MW of electricity from India and Bangladesh.