The government has planned to provide electricity to every household across the country within three years. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is the implementing agency of the government plan of connecting all households across the country in the national grid in line with the government's guidelines.
“The NEA is working according to the plan to supply electricity to all households of the country by 2022," confirmed NEA's managing director Kulman Ghising. By the end of the last fiscal year 2018-19, some 3.91 million household – up by 10 per cent from a fiscal year ago in 2017-18 – across the country, the state power utility claimed, adding that some 78 per cent households are connected to the national electricity grid, if the clients of community organisations and Butwal Power Company (BPC) are also included. “It means that 22 per cent households are still without access to electricity.”
The NEA has supplied electricity from the national grid to Manang, Solukhumbu, Bajhang and Darchula districts in the last fiscal year, Ghising claimed, adding that the NEA is working on connecting Rukum Purba, Kalikot, Bajura, and Jumla districts in the national grid in the current fiscal year. “The NEA has a target to supply electricity to Mugu and Dolpa in two years.”
After electrification of these two districts, Humla district will be our priority," he added.
A total of 7.55 billion units of electricity were available in the national grid in the last fiscal year, according to the data of NEA that has been giving priority to the use of modern technology to improve its operational efficiency, reduce power leakage, and provide quality services to its clients, it claimed.
The NEA also plans to install smart meters and smart grid technology for the automation, Ghising said, adding that the centralised online bill payment system will be expanded. “There are 83 hydropower projects from the private sector with an installed capacity of 560 MW, apart from additional 120 private sector projects that are under construction after achieving financial closures, with a combined installed capacity of 2,613 MW.”
The state power utility has signed power purchase agreements (PPA) with 85 projects for the supply of 1,480 MW in the last fiscal year 2017-18. The NEA has so far signed PPA with 340 independent power producers for the supply of 6,044 MW of electricity.
“The NEA is working according to the plan to supply electricity to all households of the country by 2022," confirmed NEA's managing director Kulman Ghising. By the end of the last fiscal year 2018-19, some 3.91 million household – up by 10 per cent from a fiscal year ago in 2017-18 – across the country, the state power utility claimed, adding that some 78 per cent households are connected to the national electricity grid, if the clients of community organisations and Butwal Power Company (BPC) are also included. “It means that 22 per cent households are still without access to electricity.”
The NEA has supplied electricity from the national grid to Manang, Solukhumbu, Bajhang and Darchula districts in the last fiscal year, Ghising claimed, adding that the NEA is working on connecting Rukum Purba, Kalikot, Bajura, and Jumla districts in the national grid in the current fiscal year. “The NEA has a target to supply electricity to Mugu and Dolpa in two years.”
After electrification of these two districts, Humla district will be our priority," he added.
A total of 7.55 billion units of electricity were available in the national grid in the last fiscal year, according to the data of NEA that has been giving priority to the use of modern technology to improve its operational efficiency, reduce power leakage, and provide quality services to its clients, it claimed.
The NEA also plans to install smart meters and smart grid technology for the automation, Ghising said, adding that the centralised online bill payment system will be expanded. “There are 83 hydropower projects from the private sector with an installed capacity of 560 MW, apart from additional 120 private sector projects that are under construction after achieving financial closures, with a combined installed capacity of 2,613 MW.”
The state power utility has signed power purchase agreements (PPA) with 85 projects for the supply of 1,480 MW in the last fiscal year 2017-18. The NEA has so far signed PPA with 340 independent power producers for the supply of 6,044 MW of electricity.
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