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Regional Meeting on Sustainable Energy for Asia -Pacific
Least Developed Countries
Kathmandu, Nepal
Surendra Rajbhandari
Status of Electrification and Access as of July 2016
NEA, state owned electric utility responsible for
generation, transmission and distribution of
electricity. NEA operates in 74 districts.
Municipalities fully electrified : 90
Municipalities partially electrified: 147
VDCs fully electrified: 882
VDCs partially electrified: 1514
Community electrified VDCs: 472
VDCs without access to electricity: 672
Source: NEA
Power Map of Nepal
Status of National Grid & Target for 2020
2016 July 2019 July, 14th plan
Generation capacity, MW 851 2301
Transmission network, cct km 2927 4477
33 kV Dist. Network, km 7000 7771
11 kV Dist. Network, km 31000 16500
Access to electricity, % 63 70
VDCs with access to electricity 2868 2976
Per capita consumption, kWh 128 160
Sustainable Development Goal 7(SDG7) for Nepal
The SDG 7 targets include achieving the
following by 2030:
(i) Universal access to affordable, reliable and
modern energy services.
(ii) Substantially increasing the share of renew-
able energy in the global energy mix.
(iii) Doubling the global rate of improvement in
energy efficiency.
SDG 7 Goals and Targets for Nepal
2017 2020 2025 2030
Access to electricity (%)
78.69 83.38 91.19 99
Electricity consumption (kWh per capita)
183 286 458 630
Installed capacity of hydropower (MW)
1,000 3,400 6,875 10,000
Grid connected to solar PV (MW)
38 75 138 200
Source: NEA
Load Forecast
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1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
-
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
Pea
k L
oa
d (
MW
)
En
erg
y (
GW
h)
Fiscal Year
Energy
Peakload
Furthering Energy Access: Potential Energy Mix
• Hydro ROR, PROR
• Hydro Storage Hydro
• coal fired
• diesel and gas fired
• Import from India (Hydro)
Thermal
• Solar
• Mini/micro/pico hydro
• Wind
Renewable
Furthering Energy Access: Electricity Generation Potential
• Hydropower potential: 83,000 MW
• Wind potential estimated at 3000 MW
• Solar potential over 3000 MW with
possibility of harnessing 2920 GWh of
energy with utilization of 0.01% of land area
of Nepal
• Utility scale installation being perceived to
end the persisting power shortages
Government of Nepal Contribution
NEA’s Internal Resources
Multilateral development banks
Development finance institutions
Public Private Joint Venture – Community Rural Electrification
Furthering Energy Access: Funding and Implementation Modalities
Community Rural Electrification
• Joint venture approach between Electricity Users
Community and Nepal Government.
• The Program started in 2002.
Investme
nt in RE
Projects
Consum
er 20%
Nepal
governmen
t 80%
Nepal
Govt. 90%
EUC
10%
Community Rural Electrification
Fast and Sustainable approach of Grid
Electrification in Rural Nepal
Grid Electricity access to pro-poor communities
P1- Priority One program of Nepal Government
Furthering Energy Access through Grid Extension: Issues and Challenges
Regulatory
Regulatory Institution
Distribution code
Cost recovery mechanism
Planning
Central Planning Body
Distribution/Rural Electrification Plan
Master Plan
Coordination
Funding
Funding gap
No direct access to multilateral dev.
banks
Furthering Energy Access through Grid Extension: Issues
Most of the funding through debt financing
Credit available from Multilateral and
development finance institutions on govt.
guarantee
Direct access to grants from GCF, CCF, SCF,
SE4All etc not available
SF, SREP, GCF, CCF available for renewable
energy only
Furthering Energy Access through Grid Extension: Issues
ADB led SREP program under implementation
for integration of utility scale solar under VGF
Policy for implementation of grid connected
renewable energy
Promotion of private sector engagement
Partnership for implementing energy efficiency
essential
Promotion of smart grid technology in
distribution
