Nepal Rastriya Dainik
May 19, 2024 ,
TRENDINGS
Nine thousand victims of human rights violations in 2023 General committee meeting to make Congress strong and united: Deuba Those who pushed the country to violence are in power: Former President Bhandari Indefinite curfew order in Birgunj Permission for mineral extraction to 156 mining companies in Nepal Finance Minister Mahat’s request to focus on meeting the target of revenue collection

Power service to be interrupted for 3 days in some places of Kathmandu and Lalitpur

Posted on by नेपाल राष्ट्रिय दैनिक

The Nepal Electricity Authority has informed that electricity service will be interrupted for three consecutive days in some places of Kathmandu and Lalitpur from Friday.

According to the authority, the Teku substation is going to be shut down for three days as work is being done to upgrade the Teku substation and charge it on the Teku-Suchatar 66 KV line. According to the authority, the 66 KV Suchatar-Teku transmission line will be blocked for three days from 8 am on Friday to 8 am on Monday.

According to the authority, the Suchatar-Teku line will be ‘shutdown’ for three days from Friday 8 am to Monday 8 am, while the 66 KV Suchatar-Patan transmission line will be shut down from 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday and the 66 KV Suchatar line will be shut down from 3 pm to 5 pm on Saturday. .

According to the authority, Ring Road Main, Tahachal, Chamti Feeder under Kuleshwar Distribution Center and 66 KV under Pulchok Distribution Center, Pulchok, Bagmati, Ring Road, Bhainsepati Feeder as well as Teku Substation, K3 Substation and related switching stations Thapathali, Sundhara and K20 The feeders under the Ratnapark distribution center being supplied from will be affected and there may be power cuts for some time during peak load.

Similarly, the feeders under Pulchok and Lagankhel Distribution Center which are being supplied from Patan Substation under 66 KV Suchatar Patan transmission line will be affected and there may be power cut for some time during peak load.

Power cuts in industrial sector is a short-term problem : Authority

Posted on by नेपाल राष्ट्रिय दैनिक

Kathmandu, April 24: Nepal Electricity Authority has said that the power cuts in the industrial sector is only a short-term problem.

Kulman Ghising, managing director of the authority, said that the problem in power supply has badly affected the industrial corridors in eastern Nepal. According to him, due to the weak transmission capacity of the cross-border transmission line during the dry season, it has become a problem to import enough electricity.

After the decline in domestic production, the Authority has been importing an average of 500 MW of electricity from India every day. Ghising said that about 400 MW of electricity is being imported from the transmission lines of Dhalkebar and Tanakpur and another 100 MW of electricity is being supplied from the infrastructure in Raxaul, Ramnagar and Kataiya.

After the decline in electricity supply, industrialists of Biratnagar have also protested against the state-owned electricity authority. Morang Traders Association, an umbrella organization of the private sector, has alleged that the irresponsible action of the authority has caused a huge financial loss.

On the other hand, the authority has said that due to a significant decrease in domestic electricity production, the electricity supply had to be stopped. According to Ghisingh, the power generation has reached only 30.35 percent of the actual installed capacity. The local power house has been supplying only 700 megawatts of electricity, while we are importing about 500 megawatts from India.

The authority’s records show that currently the maximum demand for electricity is 1,700 MW, while the average demand is 1,300 MW. Ghising said that the demand for industrial units has increased this year after the authority approved an additional 800 MW this year.

Meanwhile, the authority aims to export up to 1,000 megawatts of electricity to India in the coming year.

Charging stations for EVs to be established in collaboration with APF

Posted on by नेपाल राष्ट्रिय दैनिक

A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Armed Police Force and the Nepal Electricity Authority regarding the construction and operation of an electric vehicle charging station.

The MoU was signed by Inspector General Raju Aryal on behalf of the Armed Police Force and Executive Director Kulman Ghising on behalf of the Authority in a program held at the Armed Police Headquarters Halchok on Friday.

According to the MoU, charging stations will be established at 17 locations including 2 petrol pumps currently operated by the Armed Police Welfare Center and 15 suitable locations of Armed Police offices. The charging station will be operated under the welfare fund in the long run.

According to the MoU, the authority will purchase all the equipment and build the infrastructure of the charging station at its own expense. Repair and regular servicing of the equipment will also be done by the authority itself. The Armed Police will provide a suitable location for the construction of the infrastructure and after construction, will operate and protect the charging station. It has been arranged that charging stations cannot be allowed to be operated by third parties/organizations.

While operating the charging station, the authority should make arrangements to allow the general public to use it easily at the rate determined by the authority. The authority will collect the fee paid by the consumer while charging the vehicle. According to the provisions of the Electricity Distribution Regulations, the Welfare Center of the Armed Police will receive 50 percent of the total profit from the electricity tariff rate as operating and management expenses of the charging station.

The authority is constructing the stations that can charge quickly at 51 locations across the country to encourage the use of electric vehicles. Every charging station being constructed by the authority will be equipped with a 142 kW charger, a 50 kVA transformer for power supply, and an online billing system.

Fast charging 60 kilowatt DC and 22 kilowatt AC chargers will be placed at the charging station. With this, three vehicles including a big bus can be charged simultaneously.

The software of the charging station will be kept in the authority’s data center which can serve more than 300 chargers. All 50 stations will be controlled from Kathmandu. After charging the vehicle, the customer can pay the bill through the QR code and mobile app.

Earlier,A memorandum of understanding has already been signed between the Authority and the Nepal Police to establish charging stations at 25 different places.

Export of electricity to India started

Posted on by नेपाल राष्ट्रिय दैनिक

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has started exporting electricity from Trishuli and Devighat hydropower plants to India. In India’s competitive energy exchange market , Nepal has its electricity for sale in a ‘block’ every 15 minutes.

Although electricity for each block is sold at different prices, India has set a limit of Rs 12 per unit. Although the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) will get a maximum price of up to Rs 12, electricity will be sold at an average price of 6.28 Indian rupees (10 rupees 4 paise Nepali rupees) per unit. NEA is also preparing electricity for sale of Kaligandaki A Hydropower Project.

Nepal had sought approval from Indian companies for the sale of 200 MW of electricity after receiving approval for the sale of up to 364 MW of electricity in the Indian market. NEA has also called for tenders to sell the electricity stored in Nepal during the rainy season in India. NEA has prepared to export the surplus electricity through Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur 400 KV inter-country transmission line.