”The authority does not want to resolve the dues dispute of dedicated and trunk lines”

Chaitra 10, 2081

Kantipur Reporter

”The authority does not want to resolve the dues dispute of dedicated and trunk lines”

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The industrialists have alleged that the Nepal Electricity Authority does not want to resolve the arrears dispute of dedicated and trunk lines. Nepal Cement Producers Association, Steel Producers Association and Nepal Yarn Producers Association held a letter conference on Sunday and said that they have not implemented the report of the Red Commission approved by the Council of Ministers and they do not want to resolve the arrears dispute.

"Even after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's Council of Ministers decided to publicize the report of the Red Commission and implement it and resolve the dispute, why does the Nepal Electricity Authority, which is wholly owned by the Government of Nepal, not cooperate in the implementation and does not want to resolve it?," the statement said, "Let the dispute regarding dedicated and trunk lines be resolved forever by implementing the report of the Red Commission."

It was decided to form a three-member commission under the leadership of Lal. The commission, which had the energy secretary and the industry secretary as its members, submitted a report to the then energy minister Shakti Basnet on May 23.

 081 On November 25, the cabinet meeting decided to make the report public. On October 26, 2018, Energy Minister Deepak Khadka released the report of the Red Commission.

The commission said that the amount should not be collected from July 072 to December 072, when the electricity tariff has not been determined.

In the case of the second period i.e. 072 January to 075 Baisakh, according to the prescribed standards, the commission suggests that the days and periods of electricity supply should be recalculated and recalculated. In case of dedicated line, there should be continuous supply for 24 hours and in case of trunk line, there should be at least 20 hours of continuous power supply even in case of load shedding for 6 hours.

In the case of the third period i.e. from 075 May to 077 June, the commission has suggested that the arrears cannot be collected as the load shedding has ended. According to the authority, the arrears to be paid by the industrialists from 072 January to 075 Baisakh is 6 billion 600 million rupees. But since 60 days have been cut off to pay the bill, the authority has asked the industry to pay by adding 25 percent additional fee.

Kantipur

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