The Nepal Electricity Authority has said that due to various reasons such as the Indian Premier League (IPL), increasing temperature, the demand in India is high and Nepal cannot buy as much electricity as it wants. Due to difficulties in power management, partial load will be given to the industrial sector for some time, according to the statement issued by the authority on Wednesday.

According to the authority, only 50 MW of electricity is being imported from India through the Power Exchange Committee (PEC). The authority says that the average domestic production is 1,175 megawatts.

Although the high demand for electricity (peak load) reached 2 thousand 77 megawatts, the maximum production at that time was 1 thousand 593 megawatts, according to the authority. Insufficient electricity during the dry season is imported from India during the rainy season. It is mentioned in the statement issued by the authority that Nepal could not buy as much electricity as it wanted due to the increased demand for electricity in India with the onset of summer.

A maximum of 350 MW electricity has been allowed to be imported from 6 pm to 6 am through PEC. But the authority said that only 50 MW of electricity is being supplied from 132 KV Sampatia-Manaiya transmission line from 2 am to 6 am and 6 pm to 7 pm.

"Due to the increase in demand due to the continuation of IPL in India, the rate of Indian Exchange Market (IX) is higher than the rate of PEC, even with maximum efforts, electricity has not been received from the 132 KV line connected to Bihar," the statement said. Purchase of electricity from India's Competitive Market (IX) is permitted from 6 am to 5 pm and from 11 pm to 4 am.

"Despite trying to negotiate and purchase at the maximum price set from 11 at night to 4 in the morning, as supply is given to Nepal on a 'pro rata' basis, very little electricity has been received compared to the demand," the statement said.

The authority has not been able to purchase electricity as the price in the competitive market is higher than the price per unit of electricity. According to authority sources, the price of electricity per unit cannot be negotiated at more than 10 Baht. In the competitive market, the price of electricity per unit is more than 10 Bharu, so it has not been able to be purchased .

The authority said that there is difficulty in power management due to very low amount of electricity imported compared to the demand . "Though there are difficulties in electricity management and temporary load is being given in the industrial sector for some time, maximum efforts have been made in the management of demand and supply," the statement said.