Kathmandu. Nepal Electricity Authority has exported electricity worth five billion 925 million rupees to India in the month of October of the current fiscal year 2083/84.
Due to floods, the production of some hydropower projects was stopped and the exports were affected, but compared to last year’s October and August of the current year, the turnover received from electricity export has increased in October this year.
The executive director of the authority, Galgayukumar Shrestha, said that although the production of some hydropower projects approved for export was stopped due to floods, the amount of business received from electricity export increased in the month of October.
According to him, about two-thirds of the total electricity exported to India in the month of October was sold according to bilateral agreements and the rest through IX.
Meanwhile, the export of 40 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh using India’s transmission system has also resumed.
According to the statistics of the Authority’s Power System Operation Department 9 Load Dispatch Center 0, a total of 633.39 million 86 thousand 8 units of electricity were exported to India in the month of October. From the sale of electricity, a transaction worth five billion 925 million rupees was made.
In the month of October, electricity was exported to India in two ways. According to the bilateral electricity sales agreement, electricity was sold in the Indian states of Haryana and Bihar, while the remaining electricity was sold at competitive rates in the day-ahead and real-time markets of the Indian Energy Exchange Market (IX).
The Authority has been exporting the electricity saved during the rainy season to India and Bangladesh every year after meeting domestic demand. According to the bilateral mid-term power sale agreement, electricity is sold in Haryana and Bihar states from June to October.
Last year, in the month of October 2082, there was a turnover of Rs. In August of the current financial year, the amount of such transactions was Rs. According to this, compared to last year’s October, the export turnover in October this year has increased by Rs. 962.2 million and compared to August by Rs. 832.5 million. In the first three months of the current year, in July, August and October, a total of Rs.
40 MW electricity export to Bangladesh resumed
The export of 40 megawatts of electricity from Nepal to Bangladesh using India’s transmission infrastructure has resumed from the evening of last Friday, October 6. On August 10th, due to the snow in the Bhotekoshi river in Rasuwa, the flood in the Trishuli river damaged the Trishuli and Chilime hydroelectric power stations approved for export to Bangladesh, and the export was stopped. The electricity export to Haryana state of India was partially affected due to the damage to the hydroelectric power plant approved under the bilateral agreement due to floods.
The Executive Director of the Authority, Shrestha, said that after receiving approval from the Central Electricity Authority of India to export electricity produced from other hydropower plants to Bangladesh, the export has resumed. According to the new arrangement, instead of Trishuli, Devighat and Chilime hydropower plants, the electricity generated from Solu, Kabeli-1 and Lower Modi hydropower plants has been approved for export to Bangladesh and Haryana.
On October 17, 2081, a five-year agreement was signed between the Nepal Electricity Authority and the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) regarding the export of monsoon electricity. According to the agreement, 40 megawatts of electricity has been exported to Bangladesh every year for a period of 6 months from June 15 to November 15.
Meanwhile, an additional 31 MW electricity export permit has been received from the Central Electricity Authority of India. With the new permit, the total electricity capacity approved for export to India has reached about 1,179 MW.