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Energy & infrastructure
Hydropower, transmission and infrastructure projects, from licensing through to power purchase and construction.
Nepal’s energy sector runs on a licensing regime administered by the Department of Electricity Development, with generation licences granted for defined terms and survey licences preceding them. Most generation projects sell into a power purchase agreement with the Nepal Electricity Authority.
We advise developers, lenders and contractors across the project lifecycle: securing survey and generation licences, land acquisition and access, environmental clearance, construction and EPC contracting, and the connection and offtake arrangements that make a project financeable.
Services
- Survey and generation licence applications
- Power purchase agreements and connection agreements
- EPC and construction contracts
- Land acquisition, lease and right-of-way
- Environmental impact assessment and clearance process
- Project finance and security packages
- Concession and public-private partnership agreements
- Regulatory advice on tariff and licensing conditions
Statutes
- Electricity Act 2049 (1992)
- Electricity Regulatory Commission Act 2074 (2017)
- Environment Protection Act 2076 (2019)
- Land Acquisition Act 2034 (1977)
- Public Private Partnership and Investment Act 2075 (2019)
- Water Resources Act 2049 (1992)
Regulators
- Department of Electricity DevelopmentSurvey and generation licensing
- Electricity Regulatory CommissionTariff and market regulation
- Nepal Electricity AuthorityOfftake and grid connection
- Ministry of Forests and Environment
- Investment Board NepalLarge-scale projects