Electricity export to India exceeds 1 billion units, around Rs 8 billion earned by NEA

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) started selling excess monsoon electricity in the country through competition in the day-ahead market of the Indian Energy Exchange Limited (IEX) on June 2. Since then till Tuesday i.e. till 11th of October, 1.3 billion units of electricity has been exported.

NEA earned Rs 7.93 billion from the export of electricity to India during this period.

Kulman Ghising, Managing Director of NEA, says “exceeding one billion units of electricity export is another milestone for us”.

The average rate of electricity exported by the NEA so far is Rs 7.91 per unit.

Initially, 39 megawatts of electricity produced by two power plants were sold to IEX on a daily basis. Since then, from June 10, 364 megawatts of electricity produced by six hydropower plants have been sold in the Indian market at competitive rates.

Since electricity trade with India is done in Indian rupees (INR), Nepal has received INR 4 billion 957.6 million from the sale of electricity during this period.

The authority aims to earn about Rs 16 billion from electricity export in the current financial year.