KATHMANDU, Feb 21: Electricity leakage has dropped to 14.45 percent in the first six months of the current fiscal year 2021/22.
According to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), it has managed to reduce the leakage of the system from 17.18 percent in the last fiscal year by 2.73 percentage points in the first six months of the current fiscal year to 14.45 percent through regular campaigning for power supply and control of technical and non-technical leakages.
50% power leakage in rural areas of Simraungadh
Including power transmission and distribution, the leakage has dropped to 14.45 percent in the first six months of the current fiscal year. NEA stated that most of the leakage in the system is taking place during distribution. The leakage during distribution in this period is 9.23 percent. NEA has set a target of reducing electricity leakage to 15.5 percent in the current fiscal year.
NEA Managing Director Kulman Ghising said that the NEA's profit has increased as a result of the increase in revenue due to the reduction in leakage. He said that the leakage control campaign has been carried out effectively, increasing the capacity of the substations, adding conductors, replacing overloaded transformers, and encouraging the use of three-phase meters.
“In order to control the non-technical leakage, the authority will take strict action against those who steal by bypassing and hooking up the meter, and those who resell the meters, replace the meter and tamper with the meter,” he added.
