Government to Tighten Power Purchase Agreements and Environmental Studies

Kathmandu. The government is preparing to tighten electricity purchase agreements (PPAs) and environmental studies. The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation is going to tighten the environmental studies conducted before granting licenses for hydropower projects. With the tightening of environmental studies, PPAs will also be tightened.

Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Biraj Shrestha, said that the government will now look at the construction of hydropower projects and PPAs critically. Stating that complaints about the violation of local rights during the construction of hydropower projects have increased, he informed that the implementation of environmental studies will be significantly tightened.