Kathmandu, July 23: Nepal’s earnings from electricity exports surged in the fiscal year 2025-26 ending in mid-July, as the country exported growing volumes of surplus hydropower to India and Bangladesh during the wet season. India remains the primary destination for Nepal’s electricity exports, while a portion of the power is also exported to Bangladesh through India’s transmission grid.
According to data released by the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the state-owned utility responsible for power trading, Nepal earned a total of NPR 29.32 billion from electricity exports to India and Bangladesh in fiscal year 2025-26, representing a 67.96 per cent increase compared to the previous fiscal year. It is the highest annual revenue the NEA has ever generated from electricity exports.The country earned NPR 17.46 billion from electricity exports in fiscal year 2024-25. Electricity exports increased from 2.3829 billion units (kWh) in fiscal year 2024-25 to 3.877 billion units in fiscal year 2025-26.
According to the NEA, the record earnings were achieved by selling electricity at an average price of NPR 7.56 per unit. 1.6804 billion units of electricity at a cost of NPR 12.92 billion. In fiscal year 2025-26, electricity imports fell by 31.57 per cent to 1.1498 billion units. (IANS)
