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Nepal Electricity Authority has started cutting power in the industrial sector. Stating that domestic production does not meet the demand in winter and India does not allow imports in the evening (peak hour), the authority has started cutting power in industrial areas from 5 pm to 9 pm.
During the winter, the production capacity of run-of-river (ROR) hydropower projects decreases by one-third when the water in rivers and streams decreases. Demand for electricity increases during this time due to cold weather. To manage winter demand and supply, electricity has to be imported from India. According to the authority, they are currently importing 50 to 100 megawatts of electricity from India every day.
Kulman Ghising, executive director of the authority, says that there is a problem in power management due to the shutdown of production from the 456 MW upper Tamakoshi. The rains on October 11 and 12 damaged the structure of Upper Tamakoshi.
'We did not get import permit during peak time. If the upper Tamakoshi was in operation, more water could be imported and used in the Tamakoshi reservoir during the peak time,' Ghising said, 'Until the project is completed, there is a situation where the power will have to be cut during the peak time.' Ghising said that the authority is ready to do this. He informed that the electricity supply of other customers will not be cut during peak hours.
The Central Electricity Authority of India has allowed the Nepal Electricity Authority to import electricity up to 654 MW daily through the Dhalkebar-Muzaffar 400 KV international transmission line and 54 MW through the Tanakpur-Mahendranagar 132 KV transmission line till the next Chait 2 (March 15, 2025).
However, electricity cannot be imported during peak hours (5 pm to 9 pm). Then from Chait 3 to next June 16 (March 16-June 30, 2025) solar hour i.e. from 6 am to 6 pm only allowed to import.
Last Friday, when the wire (conductor) of the Dhalkebar-Nawalpur 132 KV transmission line was pinched, the power supply was affected in Bara and Parsa industrial corridors of Dhalkebar West. The line has been repaired and put into operation from Monday afternoon.
Similarly, a circuit was damaged by a tree falling at a place called Baitadi Khochlek under the 132 KV transmission line from Chamelia in Darchula to Attaria in Kailali. The authority said that the line is being repaired.
