By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 21, 2023Nepali officials are unsure about exporting 40MW of electricity to Bangladesh this wet season ending at the end of November, as two sides are yet to negotiate the applicable tariff. In fact, officials at the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) said that they have not had any response from the Bangladeshi side on purchasing Nepal’s power, even though the two sides had earlier signed a five-year…
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by Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama in Daily Mirror, Oct 3, 2023The controversial unpaid Rs. 2.6 million electricity bill of MP Namal Rajapaksa, which was being circulated on social media under the letterhead of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), was settled today by State Minister for Water Supply Sanath Nishantha. The State Minister in a statement said that he settled the bill out of respect to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa who had ended the war, and because…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 7, 2023Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song’s remarks regarding the trade of electricity and other goods between Nepal and India as well as the economic growth of Nepal’s southern neighbour have ignited a controversy. Addressing a discussion titled ‘China in global economy and its impact in Nepal’, organised in Kathmandu on Saturday by the Foundation for Trans-Himalayan Research and Studies and Friends of Silk Road Club Nepal,…
by Zafar Bhutta in The Express tribune, Sept 6, 2023ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Tuesday recommended the Power Division not to increase the power tariff for the consumers using less than 200 units per month, warning that inflated electricity bills could force the people towards civil disobedience in the country. The Senate Standing Committee on Power met here with its Chairman Senator Saifullah Abro in the chair. During the meeting, the committee members grilled the…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Sept 1, 2023The rebel SLPP group has demanded to know whether Adani Green Energy Ltd., represents the government of India.It has raised this question in the wake of Sri Lanka declaring its intention to consider the proposed construction of two wind and solar power parks in Mannar (286 Megawatt) and Pooneryn (234 megawatt) in terms of Government to Government basis as required by Section 43(4)(c) (1) of the Electricity…
Editorial in Pakistan Today,.August 29th, 2023There was some sound and fury on the caretaker premier’s part on the issue of electricity bills. And, as almost always is the case, it signified nothing at all. Reverse these high prices, said PM Kakar on the much higher than usual bills. But it was more akin of a deranged monarch from the past, ordering the sun to rise from the west. If the rates and bills could have…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, July 17, 2023India is subjecting the approval process for importing Nepali electricity to more bureaucratic hurdles despite its earlier announcement to buy 10,000MW from Nepal over the next 10 years. The southern neighbour, which has been refusing to grant export approval to hydropower projects involving China, has long been investigating whether there has been Chinese investment or any other involvement of the northern neighbour in the projects…
report in Khaama Press online, July 7, 2023Fan China Afghan Mining Processing and Trading Company (FAMPTC) stated on Thursday that it would spend $350 million in Afghanistan over the next months in several industries, including electricity generation, the building of a cement factory, and healthcare. In a meeting with Maulwi Abdul Kabir, the political deputy and acting prime minister, the FAMPTC representative discussed their investment intentions. According to a statement issued by the prime minister’s…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Jue 26, 2023Nepal is all set to sell 200 megawatts of electricity to India under a five-year deal in what would be the first-ever longer-term trading of power between the two countries, according to a senior official of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). “The state-owned power utility and NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN) of India signed an agreement on May 23, paving the way for the…