Electricity demand to reach 1,700 MW during Laxmi Puja <\/strong><\/p>\n
Kathmandu. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has projected that the production will exceed the peak demand for electricity during this year’s Tihar. According to NEA, the maximum demand for electricity will reach around 1,700 MW on the evening of Laxmi Puja and the generation is expected to be 2,500 MW.<\/p>\n Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha said that there will be no problem in power supply during Tihar as the production is about 800 MW more than the demand. He said that domestic production will be sufficient to meet the demand of Tihar.<\/p>\n The NEA has made special preparations in the generation, transmission and distribution system to ensure regular and quality electricity supply during the Tihar and Chhath festivals. The NEA has made arrangements to keep the technical staff on alert 24 hours a day to avoid disruption in the power supply during the festival. <\/p>\n A meeting of the senior management team of NEA was held under the chairmanship of Executive Director Shrestha regarding the management of electricity supply for the festival period. The meeting discussed the operation of the electricity system, supply management and resolving the possible technical challenges. Similarly, a virtual meeting was held with the chiefs of the System Operation Department (LDC), Grid Operation Department and provincial and provincial division offices under the Directorate of Distribution and Customer Service. Executive Director Shrestha has directed the concerned offices to complete the necessary preparations to avoid disruption in power supply during the festival. He also directed to complete the remaining inspection and maintenance works of the transmission line and distribution system immediately. <\/p>\n If there is a problem in the power supply, the technical team will be kept ready to repair the service immediately and resume the service. Similarly, the office heads have been instructed to immediately address the complaints related to electricity, to regularly pick up the calls coming to the no-light service and make arrangements to make the complaint management effective. <\/p>\n According to NEA, there will be continuous coordination and monitoring between LDC, Department of Grid Operation and Distribution Center regarding the demand and supply of electricity during the festival.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the NEA has urged the consumers to use electronic appliances and wires safely during the Tihar and Chhath festivals. <\/p>\n The NEA has requested not to use substandard electrical materials and to repair it only by skilled technicians if there is a problem in electricity leakage or wires. The NEA has also urged to contact the nearest distribution center or no light service in case of problem related to power supply. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Electricity demand to reach 1,700 MW during Laxmi Puja Kathmandu. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has projected that the production will exceed the peak demand for electricity during this year’s Tihar. According to NEA, the maximum demand for electricity will reach around 1,700 MW on the evening of Laxmi Puja and the generation is expectedContinue reading “Electricity demand to reach 1,700 MW in Laxmi Puja”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":126212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-samachar-en"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/meeting-1_9caa06f3.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126238,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126237\/revisions\/126238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media\/126212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}