Tag: Open Access
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...
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...
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...
IPPAN Urges Immediate Reforms to Open Nepal’s Electricity Market to Private...
Kathmandu: The Independent Power Producers' Association of Nepal (IPPAN) has called for the immediate implementation of the legal and regulatory framework necessary to allow...
Private Sector Participation in Electricity Trade Essential: Energy Minister Shrestha
Kathmandu: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has said that private sector participation has become essential for expanding Nepal's clean,...
Government Advances Plan to Allow Private Sector Direct Electricity Trading
Kathmandu – The government has moved forward with a process to open power trading licenses to the private sector.
Minister Anil Sinha, who also holds...
