The Kathmandu Valley has been enjoying uninterrupted power supply for about a month now after the new executive director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kulman Ghising ended load shedding. Residents have heaped praise on Ghising and Energy Minister Janardan Sharma despite the fact that an increase in power cuts elsewhere in the country, more than their efficient management, is what has made it possible. Minister Sharma, enthused by all the laurels and perhaps completely oblivious to the demand-supply dynamics of the electricity trade, has chosen to indulge in blatant bluff and aggressive populism. He has promised to free the entire country of load shedding besides trading power with Bangladesh. Last week, he organised Power Summit 2016 which, due to lack of proper planning, was a fiasco. The theme of the conference ‘10,000 Megawatts (MW) in 10 years’ is a refrain that the Nepali people have been hearing for the last 10 years. Even without this summit, the 10,000 MW goal looks like an easy target if the natural progression in investment and project development is unimpeded by political, policy and institutional hindrances. - See more at: http://www.sajhapagenews.com/bluffing-about-power/#sthash.10X9ahy9.dpuf
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