Tag: Electricity trading
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...
IPPAN Urges Government to Amend Laws, Guarantee 50-Year Hydropower Licenses
KATHMANDU: The Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN) has submitted a comprehensive set of reform proposals to the government aimed at protecting private-sector investment...
IPPAN Proposes 19 Amendments to NEA’s Grid Connection Guidelines
Kathmandu: The Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN) has proposed 19 amendments to the Nepal Electricity Authority’s (NEA) draft guidelines on grid connection points...
16,140 MW of Private Hydropower Projects Await PPAs, Rs. 66 Billion...
Kathmandu: Around 16,140 MW of hydropower projects in the private sector are awaiting Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), with approximately Rs. 66 billion already invested...
IPPAN Urges Rabi Lamichhane to Introduce New Electricity Bill, Open PPAs...
Kathmandu: The Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN) has called for the introduction of a new Electricity Bill that would make the private sector...
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...
NPTC Gets Nod to Trade 100 MW of Electricity
Kathmandu — Nepal Electricity Authority’s (NEA) subsidiary, Nepal Power Trading Company Limited (NPTC), has now been cleared to engage in electricity trading. A meeting...
Dhirghayu Kumar Shrestha Highlights Forest Bottlenecks in Energy Sector Development
Kathmandu — Acting Managing Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority, Dhirghayu Kumar Shrestha, has said he is positive about allowing the private sector to...
Electricity Trading and Transmission Need Private Sector Participation: Experts
Kathmandu: Stakeholders have emphasized that for the sustainable development of the hydropower sector, the private sector should be involved not only in power generation...













