Nepal has started exporting 40 MW electricity to Bangladesh. According to the tripartite agreement between Nepal, India and Bangladesh, this year, Asar 1 (June 15) i.e. from 12 midnight, 40 megawatts of electricity has been exported again.

If the letter of credit (LC) is not opened by the end of May, there was confusion as to whether or not the export of electricity would start in Bangladesh. "The LC has been opened, from Saturday night we have started exporting 40 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh," he said.

There is an agreement to export electricity to Bangladesh from June 15 to November 15 every year. On November 15 of last year, Nepal Electricity Authority exported electricity to Bangladesh for the first time only for 12 hours.  

On October 17, 2081, a tripartite agreement was signed between Nepal Electricity Authority, Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and NTPC Electricity Trading Corporation Limited India (NVVN).

Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Deepak Khadka said that Nepal is happy to export excess electricity during the rainy season to neighboring India and Bangladesh. Said it was news. "Exporting electricity to Bangladesh is a matter of happiness for the entire businessmen involved in this sector and for the prosperity of Nepal," he said. According to

authority sources, last year  4 lakh 70 thousand units of electricity were sold. Sources of the authority said that the income was 30 thousand 80 dollars. But till now BPDB has not paid the said amount.

An agreement was reached between Nepal, India and Bangladesh on October 17, 2081 to sell electricity for 5 months of every rainy season, i.e. from June 15 to November 15 of every year. But due to the confusion whether electricity will be exported in 2024 or not, the LC process was not carried out, so the payment of the last year is also the same. Dhakal, the spokesperson of the authority, said.

Previously, electricity was being transmitted only between Nepal and India, but since 2024, Nepal's electricity has expanded to third countries as well. Electricity produced in Nepal has reached Bangladesh through India's transmission infrastructure. Electricity has reached India's Muzaffarpur substation through the first international Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur 400 kV transmission line between Nepal and India.

Then from Muzaffarpur substation, electricity reaches Bangladesh through India-Bangladesh transmission line between Behrampur (India)-Bhedamara (Bangladesh) 400 kV transmission line.

The Central Electricity Authority under the Ministry of Electricity of India has approved the export of 40 megawatts of electricity produced by the Trishuli and Chilime hydropower projects to Bangladesh at 18.60 and 21.40 respectively.

The Central Electricity Authority has approved the export of 40 MW electricity generated from two projects to Bangladesh till October 2, 2029. Both these projects have received approval for power export in India.

The authority has said that it will sell 40 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh in US dollars for five years during the rainy season. According to the authority, electricity trade between Nepal and Bangladesh is in dollars.

The authority has agreed to sell electricity to Bangladesh and get 6.40 US cents per unit. The authority will get the price of electricity exported to Bangladesh at the Muzaffarpur point in India. Technical leakage of transmission line from Dhalkebar to Muzaffarpur will be borne by the Authority.

The Authority has said that Bangladesh will bear all the taxes and fees including the transmission line fee, leakage, NVVN, trading margin taken by India after the Muzaffarpur point. A tripartite power sale agreement was signed between the Nepal Electricity Authority, India's NTPC Electricity Trading Corporation (NVVN) and Bangladesh's BPDB to transport 40 MW of electricity from Nepal to Bangladesh using the Indian transmission grid.

After the tripartite power sale agreement, the authority sent the list of projects for Bangladesh electricity export approval to the Central Electricity Authority of India on October 23. Export of electricity has been started after approval by the Central Electricity Authority of India.