Nepal starts selling 364 Megawatt power to India
Kathmandu, June 11. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has started selling surplus electric power to India.
NEA executive director Kulman Ghising told reporters that Nepal’s current peak demand rises up to 1,773 megawatts in the morning and evening hours. Due to monsoon rains, the rivers have significantly increased, resulting in an increase in power production.
Ghising further explained that the supply of electricity has surpassed the demand, and NEA has no infrastructure to store it. Therefore, instead of disposing of the excess power, the authority has started selling it to neighboring India.
From the wee hours of Saturday, NEA has been supplying Indian Energy Exchange Limited with power from the following listed hydropower at a rate of INR 12 (NPR 19.20) per unit.
- 24 Megawatt from Trishuli Hydropower Project
- 15 MW from the Devighat project
- 140 MW from Kaligandaki project
- 68 MW from Middle-Marsyangdi project
- 67 MW from Marsyangdi project
- 51 MW from Likhu hydropower
The demand for electricity in India remains high throughout the summer.
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