KATHMANDU: The 10th meeting of Nepal-India Energy Secretary's joint directors' committee decided to expand transmission line and trade promotion.
The meeting held in Rajasthan, India on Saturday was co-chaired by secretary at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Dinesh Kumar Ghimire, and secretary at Electricity Ministry of India, Alok Kumar. The two sides decided to forward the construction of high power transmission line for the interstate power trade.
Executive Director at Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Kul Man Ghising, informed that the decisions made by the joint directors' committee on power production, transmission and trade were huge achievements. The joint taskforce led by joint secretaries from the two countries made recommendations to the directors' committee on Friday.
India took positively Nepal's proposal to export electricity to Bangladesh by using the Indian transmission grid and the two sides decided to agree after the names of hydro projects were submitted, according to Ghising. "A proposal seeking the Indian government’s permission for exporting Nepal's electricity to Bangladesh will be sent to the Central Electricity Authority of India, to which the Indian Authority will give consent after necessary tests as per the directive on cross-border power trade," he added.
Similarly, the Indian side also agreed to review the Nepali side's proposal to extend the current one-year permit of electricity trade in the day ahead market of the Indian Energy Exchange Ltd.
Nepal's proposal for the export of additional power will be given consent by the Indian side following due procedure, Ghising informed.
The meeting further decided that Nepal will now be allowed to export electricity via Tanakpur from where only import was possible in the past.
The power as high as 70 megawatts (MW) from April to June and 80MW from July to March will be circulated to both sides via 132kV single circuit transmission line of Tanakpur-Mahendranagar.
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Executive Director at Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Kul Man Ghising, informed that the decisions made by the joint directors' committee on power production, transmission and trade were huge achievements. The joint taskforce led by joint secretaries from the two countries made recommendations to the directors' committee on Friday.
India took positively Nepal's proposal to export electricity to Bangladesh by using the Indian transmission grid and the two sides decided to agree after the names of hydro projects were submitted, according to Ghising. "A proposal seeking the Indian government’s permission for exporting Nepal's electricity to Bangladesh will be sent to the Central Electricity Authority of India, to which the Indian Authority will give consent after necessary tests as per the directive on cross-border power trade," he added.
Similarly, the Indian side also agreed to review the Nepali side's proposal to extend the current one-year permit of electricity trade in the day ahead market of the Indian Energy Exchange Ltd.
Nepal's proposal for the export of additional power will be given consent by the Indian side following due procedure, Ghising informed.
The meeting further decided that Nepal will now be allowed to export electricity via Tanakpur from where only import was possible in the past.
The power as high as 70 megawatts (MW) from April to June and 80MW from July to March will be circulated to both sides via 132kV single circuit transmission line of Tanakpur-Mahendranagar.
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Published Date: February 20, 2023, 12:00 am
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