Nepal power exports Aswin
Nepal earned more than Rs 5.92 billion from electricity exports to India in Aswin, the third month of fiscal year 2026-27, according to the Nepal Electricity Authority. Export revenue rose by Rs 962 million compared with the same month last year, even though the August 26 floods damaged hydropower projects approved for export.
Nepal exported 633.98 million units of electricity to India during Aswin, which runs from mid-September to mid-October. Export revenue increased by Rs 832.5 million compared with Bhadra, the previous month, when the authority earned Rs 5.09 billion. During the first three months of the current fiscal year, from mid-July to mid-October, Nepal recorded electricity export transactions worth Rs 16.15 billion.
The increase came despite serious disruption. The August 26 floods damaged 12 hydropower projects, three of them approved for export, and forced some plants to suspend generation. The Trishuli and Chilime hydropower plants, which had been authorised to supply electricity to Bangladesh, were among those damaged, and exports to Bangladesh were suspended.
That suspension has now ended. Nepal resumed exporting 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh through India’s transmission grid on Friday evening, October 23, after India’s Central Electricity Authority approved alternative plants. The resumption restores a second export market alongside India at a time when domestic generation exceeds demand during the monsoon.
Nearly two-thirds of the electricity exported to India in Aswin was sold under bilateral agreements with the Indian states of Haryana and Bihar, while the remainder was traded through the day-ahead and real-time markets of the Indian Energy Exchange. Nepal Electricity Authority Executive Director Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha said export revenue increased in Aswin despite the earlier disruptions.
Electricity sales to India have become an important source of foreign income for Nepal, particularly in months when domestic generation exceeds demand. The Aswin figures show that export earnings can recover quickly after a disaster, provided alternative plants can be brought into the export arrangement.
What happens next will depend on repairs to the flood-damaged plants and on whether export volumes hold as the dry season approaches. For now, Nepal power exports Aswin stand as a strong month for the authority, with revenue up year on year and the Bangladesh route open again.