Challenges, Lessons, and Prospects for Operationalizing Regional Projects in Asia: Legal and Institutional Aspects by Kishor Uprety

Author:Kishor Uprety
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The World Bank

Nepal-India Electricity Transmission and Trade Project

The first example is that of the Nepal-India Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (NIETTP),32 supported by a credit and a grant from IDA, which aimed at responding to the demand for cross-border transmission links to address power deficits in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, and which was developed as a part of the “South Asian North East Regional Electricity Transmission and Trade Program,” using the resources from IDA’s regional funding mechanism. This unique purpose made it a “regional project.”33 The project was designed as one of the two projects which together secured participation by three countries (an ADB-financed Bangladesh-India project and the IDA-financed Nepal-India project), and was also designed consistently with the planned regional electricity grid of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).34 At the time of approval of the NIETTP, the ADB-financed Bangladesh-India Project was already under implementation. This NIETTP aimed at focusing on the India and Nepal segment only. It attempted to strengthen interconnection between these two countries through a public-private partnership approach, aimed at establishing the first high-voltage (400 kilovolts) cross-border transmission interconnection between India and Nepal, capable of carrying up to 1,000 megawatts of electricity, thus facilitating electricity trade between the two countries. Upon completion, the project is expected to relieve the severe power shortages in Nepal by having India supply 150 megawatts of electricity to Nepal, and, over a longer term, stimulate investment in Nepal’s hydropower sector, enabling export of surplus electricity to India.

The project includes three main components (figure 5.2), but the financing from the World Bank covers only Components B and C.

Figure 5.2 Project Components of the Nepal-India Electricity Transmission and Trade Project

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