Kathmandu. Despite the huge damage caused to the power generation and transmission system due to natural disasters, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has successfully managed the peak demand for electricity during this year’s Laxmi Puja.
A total of 58
7.30 MW of electricity has been exported to India by meeting the domestic demand.
According to the NEA, the peak demand of the national electricity system was 1,813 MW at 6:15 pm on Sunday. At that time, the peak load of the total system was 2,400.30 MW and 587.30 MW of electricity was exported to India. The power supply disruption was zero megawatts during that time, according to NEA. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has thanked NEA employees, managers and consumers for being able to manage high demand for electricity despite the natural disaster caused a big loss to the national system.
Minister Shrestha reached the load dispatch center on Sunday evening along with the energy secretary, NEA board members and senior management officials and took stock of the demand and supply of electricity. Analyzing the data on demand and supply of Laxmi Puja for the last three years, he said that the demand management even in the challenging situation was a positive achievement.
He thanked the consumers for celebrating the festival of light by using electricity safely and economically, and appreciated the contribution of the employees for regular and reliable power supply. He urged the concerned authorities to work with commitment to make the power supply safe, reliable and regular in the coming days. According to NEA, 1,536.50 MW was supplied from independent power producers, 499.20 MW from NEA’s subsidiary companies, 342.30 MW from river-based and semi-reservoir projects and 22.30 MW from reservoir-based projects. It was challenging for NEA to manage the demand even when around 450 MW of electricity was out of the system due to natural disasters. According to NEA’s data, the highest demand for electricity in Laxmi Puja of 2082 was 1,745 MW and in 2081 MW was 1,602 MW. This year’s peak demand is 68 MW more than last year. Similarly, the demand for electricity in Kathmandu Valley has reached 489 MW this year. Last year, it was 402 MW. According to NEA Executive Director Longevity Kumar Shrestha, the concerned agencies and technical teams across the country were kept on standby to keep the power system intact. Necessary equipment and manpower, including transformers, were mobilized to solve the possible technical problem immediately. He said that the team has been kept ready to resolve the problem within 15 minutes if any problem is seen in any place.
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