NEA prepares procurement for 10,000 transformers
Jan 8, 2017 under Business/Economy 516 , National 834 , Current Affairs 114
KATHMANDU: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has started the process of importing 10,000 transformers in a bid to make distribution system robust. The Ministry of Finance has already released an additional budget of Rs 5.37 billion to NEA through Ministry of Energy for the purpose. NEA is preparing to import a large number of transformers eyeing further electrification in the country as around 1,100 MW (456 MW Upper Tamakoshi and remaining from independent power producers) would be added to the national grid by the end of next fiscal 2017-18, as per Prabal Adhikari, chief of the Power Trade Department of NEA. “NEA has also expedited replacing the transformers in Kathmandu Valley to prevent leakage of electricity and build an efficient distribution system.”
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