Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2016
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Programme, Other
Economic Sector: 
Power
Energy Types: 
Power, Renewable, Hydropower
Issued by: 
The Government of Nepal and Nepal Water & Energy Development Company Private Limited
Overall Summary: 
The Project Development Agreement Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project is concluded between the Government of Nepal and Nepal Water and the Energy Development Company Private Limited on 29 December 2016. Under the Agreement, The Company shall be responsible for and shall a) design, engineer, finance, procure, construct, complete, test, commission, develop, insure, own, operate and maintain the Hydro Property and oversee the development of the Project as a whole; b) use water from the Trishuli River for the Generation Project; c) transmit electrical energy from the Power Station over the Transmission Line in Nepal; and d) generate electrical energy and make capacity available from the Power Station and sell and supply such electrical energy and make capacity available from the Power Station, within the territorial jurisdiction of Nepal in accordance with the Domestic PPA, in accordance with this Agreement, the applicable Government Approvals and the Laws of Nepal.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
(A) All natural resources (including all water resources) within Nepal are the national wealth of the people of Nepal. Nepal is the sole owner of the natural resources within her territory and has the right to develop, extract and utilise the natural resources in the interest of the people of Nepal. (B) The GON has the authority, by virtue of powers conferred to it under Section 35 of the Electricity Act, to conclude contracts with any person to corporate body of generation, transmission and distribution of electricity.