But the NEA has been providing uninterrupted power supply for a couple of days as water levels in rivers rose with the start of the monsoon, officials said.
"We will bring down power cut length to four or five hours a day within a day or two," Sher Singh Bhat, system operation director at NEA, told myrepublica.com, adding, "Though we are providing uninterrupted power supply for the past one week, we have to publish a schedule with four to five hours of power cut because the current water level will not remain stable for long."
Decreasing demand after the end of winter season also helped NEA to reduce power cut hours. Currently, the total demand during peak (evening) hours is about 630 MW. Total electricity generation from all hydro projects in the country is over 500 MW while about 90 MW of electricity is imported from India, he said. Also, power generation from some thermal plants has contributed to the national grid.
"Somehow, the demand for 630 MW has been met in the recent days," he said.
Power generation in hydro-projects increased significantly in the recent days as all the hydropower projects -- except Kulekhani -- are built on run-of-river models.
The total power demand during the winter season was over 800 MW while the generation from the projects during the time remained significantly low. The NEA had cut electricity for up to 20 hours a day during the driest season last year.
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