Tag: Electricity Regulatory Commission
Nepal’s Energy Sector Seeks Grid Reform, Greater Investment and Climate Resilience
Kathmandu: Mohan Dangi, president of the Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN), has urged the government and the Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) to review...
IPPAN Calls for Review of Transmission Wheeling Charges, Citing High Costs
Kathmandu: The Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN) has welcomed the issuance of a standard for determining wheeling charges for the national electricity transmission...
Credible Regulation Essential to Attract Energy Investment: Minister Shrestha
Kathmandu: Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has said that as building an energy-based economy has been accorded national priority, the...
Transmission charge for national grid fixed at Rs 413,000 per MW
Kathmandu: The Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) has determined the transmission charges for using the national electricity transmission grid operated by the Nepal Electricity Authority...
IPPAN Urges Special Relief Package for Bhote Koshi-Affected Hydropower Projects
Kathmandu: Nepal’s private hydropower sector has urged the government to announce a special legal, financial, administrative, and regulatory package to support the reconstruction and...
ERC Moves to Implement Open Access in Nepal’s Power Transmission System
The Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) is moving rapidly to implement open access in Nepal's electricity transmission and distribution system. With the aim of making...
Super Madi Hydropower Proposes 15% Bonus Shares for Shareholders
Kathmandu: Super Madi Hydropower Limited has proposed distributing a 15 percent bonus share to its shareholders from the profit earned in the last fiscal...
Energy Minister Reshuffle Joint Secretary: Poudel to Head Energy Division, Shrestha...
Kathmandu: Responsibilities of joint secretaries at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation have been reshuffled.
Energy Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha reassigned the responsibilities...
Existing Law Allows Private Sector to Enter Power Trading
Kathmandu: Stakeholders in the energy sector have said that expanding electricity trading is essential to market domestically and internationally the electricity produced in Nepal....
ERC Moves to Open Nepal’s Electricity Market Through Open Access
Kathmandu: The Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) has moved forward with the process of gradually transforming Nepal’s electricity market from a Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA)-centered...
