Kathmandu. Chairman of independent power producers’ association (IPPAN) Ganesh Karki has accused the government of moving ahead with the intention of finishing the private sector producing energy in Nepal.
Addressing a press conference in Kathmandu on Tuesday, IPPAN accused the government of bringing the budget in the power sector to finish the private sector and destroy Nepal’s energy sector forever. He said the budget did not cover consumption and did not touch on sales. He said that the government is moving in the direction that electricity has increased and now it has reached.
He said that if nepal sells electricity in the future, it is not produced and sold, but it will bring big Indian companies and produce what they need. He said that the government has always been moving ahead with the idea of ending nepal’s load shedding by buying electricity from India during the winter months. He alleged that the government had called the private sector power producers into a room and closed the exit door.
“We have signed an agreement to sell 10,000 MW somewhere. But this budget does not seem to envisage how to provide electricity. Today, I don’t think we can give 10,000 MW if we stop PPAs. At the same time, there is no PPA even if you want to go ahead with another solar and take the storage project forward. Talking about consumption and production today, we have more electricity right now. Electricity is more and we can sell it. There is no idea in the budget that there is a market for it. The government gave the license, carried it forward, showed good dreams. At the same time, the private sector of Nepal moved forward in this regard. ‘
“Around 350 companies have invested. As many as 17,117 MW projects are likely to be affected. More than Rs 66 billion has already been spent. How will it move forward and what will be people’s investment? This has also raised a big question mark. It did not even envisage that when we sell electricity in the coming days, we will produce and sell it. Big Indian companies will come in the coming days. It seems that they will produce the electricity they need. ’
Chairman Karki claimed that the government had repeatedly said that the private sector would be promoted together in the power trade, but it could not be confirmed in practice.
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