Nepal

Getting Electricity in

Nepal

Below is a detailed summary of the procedures, time and cost required for a business to obtain an electricity connection for a newly constructed building in Nepal.

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  • Name of Utility: Nepal Electricity Authority
  • City: Kathmandu

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and await site inspection

The photocopy of documents needed to be submitted along with application form mentioning the load in kW / MW and type of voltage (low voltage/medium voltage/high voltage) are: citizenship of owner, land deed, certificate issued from the commerce department to operate the warehouse, tax registration certificate, construction approval certificate from the municipality, contract agreement between land owner and warehouse runner, if the land is leased. No need of notarization, NEA personnel will attest after verification with the original copies. Approval of load estimate - In this case an approval from Regional director or Manager may be required – decided on case by case basis, and in about 50% of cases, this might be so.
Agency: Nepal Electricity Authority 		7 calendar days NPR 50.0
2 Nepal Electricity Authority conducts site inspection, verifies load estimate and provides estimated cost

It is expected that someone from owner’s side is present during external site inspection to answer any questions that NEA personnel might have. NEA personnel will make a visit to site to ascertain the appropriateness of the place where the energy meter is to be installed, and also they check the transformer installed at consumer's site (As per NEA rule, the consumer has to install his own transformer for the load above 50kVA.). Approval of load estimate is needed to decide how much of a supply is needed for the building. In this case an approval from Regional director or Manager may be required. Decided on case by case basis, and in about 50% of cases, this might be so.
Agency: Nepal Electricity Authority 		7 calendar days no charge
3 Get transformer tested at NEA lab and complete connection works

Cost includes purchase of Poles, Insulators, Transformer(150KVA), cutout, lightning arrestor, earthing materials, hardwares, drop cable, MCCB, meter box and other fitting materials. Cost also includes purchase of Distribution transformer. Distribution Transformer can only by purchased after approval of load estimate. Availability of DTs in ready stock is not always the case, and there is always some waiting time. The transformer has to be tested for quality as it has been purchased privately. The installation of the transformer is done by a private contractor.
Agency: Private electrical contractor 		35 calendar days NPR 754,005.0
4 Submit test report and request and receive site inspection

Customer has to make payment, submit NEA test report.
Agency: Nepal Electricity Authority 		7 calendar days NPR 35,500.0
5 NEA performs external connection, and electricity starts flowing


Agency: Nepal Electricity Authority 		14 calendar days no charge
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