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.