KATHMANDU: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has dismissed reports circulating in some media outlets and on social media regarding its recent power purchase agreement for the upcoming winter season as misleading and distorted.
Issuing a statement on Friday, the NEA said details of the electricity import agreement with India had been deliberately misrepresented and publicized with ill intent.
The authority clarified that Nepal’s electricity system is based on river flow, making it necessary to export surplus power during the monsoon and import some during the dry season. According to the NEA, Nepal exported 2.38 billion units of electricity to India in the last fiscal year while importing 1.68 billion units.
For winter management, the NEA had sought proposals from two Indian government-owned companies, PTC India Limited and NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN). PTC offered electricity at a rate of INR 6.95 per unit, which was lower than NVVN’s INR 7.67 per unit, the NEA clarified.
The authority decided to purchase 180 megawatts of electricity through the Dhalkebar–Muzaffarpur and Bihar–Nepal transmission lines. The agreement will be effective from January to May 2026. The deal has already been approved by Nepal’s Electricity Regulatory Commission and is awaiting final consent from the designated Indian authority.
“The current board and management have not undertaken any action detrimental to the institution or the nation,” the statement said.
The NEA urged the public not to be misled by false propaganda aimed at defaming Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister and NEA Chairman Kulman Ghising, as well as NEA Managing Director Manoj Silwal, reiterating that the agreement was made transparently in Nepal’s long-term energy interest.
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