High prices of imported electricity could affect power utility’s finances

Nepal has been importing around 1,000MW of electricity from India a day as peak hour demand is around 1,600MW.

Nepal’s peak demand for power is in the evening. Since the country does not have enough, it has to import electricity from India. The Nepal Electricity Authority, however, has been importing most power from the southern neighbour in the daytime because buying electricity from India during the evening is expensive.