Cost of electricity exports

Power exports may not benefit Nepalis despite earning billions in revenue.

Nepal has always maintained that hydropower electricity exports will lead to economic growth and development for its people. This narrative intensified after the end of load-shedding (forced blackouts from supply shortages) in 2017, as reports suggested that electricity generation would exceed domestic demand. Authorities routinely warned of major economic losses if the excess generation did not find an export market in India or from there to other countries in the region.