KATHMANDU, Jan 9: Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kulman Ghising has admitted that TOD data of some industries may have been lost or misplaced.

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has once again extended the deadline for payment of the disputed tariffs related to dedicated and trunk lines.

KATHMANDU, May 22: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA)’s Managing Director Kulman Ghising has said the market for power export is getting assured.

KATHMANDU, April 16: The cooperation between the government and the private sector in the development and expansion of electricity, which is considered to be one of the foundations for the country's economic prosperity, has started bearing fruits.

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Managing Director Kulman Ghising has said that there is no problem because of the authority in the ring road expansion.

KATHMANDU, Nov 25: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Managing Director Kulman Ghising has said that within the current financial year, Nepal's hydropower production capacity will reach 3,000 megawatts.

KATHMANDU, Sept 20: Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority, Kulman Ghising, has said that the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) of ROR projects with a capacity of 1,500 megawatts will be opened within a few days.

KATHMANDU, August 20: The Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower is going to issue 100% equity shares. The 14th Annual General Meeting held in Kathmandu on Friday passed the proposal to issue 100 percent rights shares of the company.

KATHMANDU, August 18: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has revealed that working on making the country self-reliant in hydropower and exporting surplus hydroelectricity to neighboring countries remained its long-term goals. Speaking at the NEA’s 37th Anniversary Program held on Wednesday, dignitaries attending the program including NEA’s Managing Director Kul Man Ghising shared the plans of the authority.

KATHMANDU, July 30: Kulman Ghising, Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Authority, who reached Osho Tapoban, has stayed silent since Friday evening.

KATHMANDU, May 11: Kulman Ghising, managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), has raised concern over the dissemination of false information regarding local elections from fake Twitter handles opened using his name and pictures.

KATHMANDU, April 13: Chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal has removed the election poster with the picture of Nepal Electricity Authority Managing Director Kulman Ghising from the social networking site Facebook.

KATHMANDU, April 13: The CPN (Maoist Center) has published poll posters using a picture of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Managing Director Kulman Ghising in its campaign for the upcoming local level election by going against the election code of conduct.

SANDHIKHARKA, March 27: A 132 Kilovolt (KV) double circuit transmission line has been brought into operation from Motipur of Kapilvastu to Sandhikharka of Agra Kochi.

KATHMANDU, March 19: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said that the government would work for the development of large reservoir-based hydropower projects.

Singer Raj K Goswami’s ‘Badal Haru’ has been released. Its music video is inspired by the biography of Kulman Ghising, Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Authority. The song is penned by actress Suraksha Pant and she has also written the script for the music video. Manav Subedi is the director and has composed the song.

SURKHET, March 12: Nepal Electricity Authority Director Kulman Ghising said that a 132KV transmission line will be connected to Karnali within a year. He also said that the delay in the project was caused due to Bardiya National Park and the forest area.

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: An agreement has been reached between the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and the Nepal Airlines Corporation to transport the NEA’s cargo and employees.

KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Managing Director Kulman Ghising has said that the recent rainfall and a sharp drop in the mercury level is the main reason behind the frequent power cuts and circuit overloading in many areas of the Kathmandu Valley.

KATHMANDU, Oct 23: Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kulman Ghising said that the authority is working on large projects with 2,000 MW capacity.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: The construction of 220/132/33 kV Inaruwa Substation based on 400 kV Gas Insulated System (GIS) is taking place in full swing. The substation is being constructed to strengthen the power transmission and distribution system in the country.

KATHMANDU, Oct 8: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA)  has made an agreement with industries to provide them with electricity if they don't run their industry during the peak time hours of energy consumption.

KATHMANDU, Sept 10: The hearing on the writ petition filed at the Supreme Court against the appointment of Kulman Ghising as the managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), has been put off once again.

KATHMANDU, Sept 5: A scheduled hearing on the writ petition filed at the Supreme Court (SC) against the appointment of Kulman Ghising to the post of managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has been postponed.

KATHMANDU, Sept 5: Chief Justice (CJ) Cholendra SJB Rana will look into a writ petition filed at the Supreme Court against the appointment of Kulman Ghising to the post of managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). CJ Rana assigned the writ petition to himself on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, August 25: The Supreme Court has asked the government to submit the original file including the decision regarding the appointment of Kulman Ghising as the Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).

KATHMANDU, August 18: The hearings on a writ petition filed against the appointment of Kulman Ghising as the new managing director of Nepal electricity Authority (NEA) by former NEA managing director Hitendradev Shakya will be conducted by a Supreme Court bench led by Justice Kumar Regmi. Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher JB Rana scheduled the petition to be heard under Regmi’s bench on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, August 11: Newly-appointed managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Kulman Ghising has assumed office on Wednesday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, August 11: Kulman Ghising has been reappointed as the managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).

KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Rajani Maharjan of Kirtipur wonders if the ongoing random power cuts are intentional attempts of the Nepal Electricity Board (NEA) to take back the country to an era of load shedding. Since the last two weeks, things have gone worse in the Kirtipur area, and she wonders if 'this is just a trailer of the next chapter of dark age'. She is 'pretty sure' that mafias are super active and says it is upon the public to scrutinize the NEA and the government.

Energy Minister Barshaman Pun has urged the people not to worry about the current power cuts as ‘that is just a temporary inconvenience due to incessant rains'

SSP Kiran Bajracharya leads the committee, which consists of DSP and Inspector

Gyawali says there are no legal provisions for reappointing Ghising as NEA’s MD

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: A group of youths have staged a demonstration in Maitighar in Kathmandu demanding the reappointment of Kul Man Ghising as the managing director (MD) of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).

KATHMANDU, Sept 15: Kulman Ghising, the outgoing managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), said  the state-owned public utility needs to find the market for electricity and improve quality and regularity of electricity.

KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The four-year term of Kulman Ghising as the managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) expired on Sunday, winning the hearts and minds of people across the country. People started calling him the 'light man' as he was able to end the chronic problem of power outage, commonly known as ‘load-shedding’, once and for all.

KATHMANDU, March 23: Upper Tamakoshi Hydro Electric Project (UTHEP) will start electricity generation from mid-June. The mega project has achieved 99% work progress.

KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has reduced the electricity leakage by 9.75% in the first six months of the current fiscal year, down from 11.28% that persisted in the last fiscal year. The NEA set a target to reduce electricity leakage to 8.5% in this fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: The construction works of New Butwal substation at Sunwal of Nawalparasi (220/132 KV) and East Chitwan substation at Bhandara of Chitwan (132/33/11KV) have reached the final phase.

KATHMANDU, Dec 12: Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kulman Ghising said that electrification in all sectors is a must to increase the consumption of electricity generated within Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Nov 3: Managing Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kulman Ghising has urged the private sector to join hands with the NEA in its efforts to maintain energy efficiency effectively.

KATHMANDU, Oct 26: Tihar, also known as Deepawali or the festival of lights started today.

KATHMANDU, Oct 2: Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority Kulman Ghising has said that Nepal is gradually heading towards becoming self-reliant in electricity.

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has announced that landlords cannot charge their tenants higher tariff on electricity than the normal charges set by the authority.

Those who started living in Kathmandu three years ago may have taken uninterrupted power supply at their homes for granted.

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KATHMANDU, May 17: A viral video on social media shows Managing Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority Kulman Ghising exchanging a heated debate with local residents at the site of ongoing Upper Trishuli III B hydropower project at Pairabesi in Nuwakot district.

KATHMANDU, March 25: Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority Kulman Ghising will be travelling to Upper Tamakoshi project site in Dolakha every month for monitoring of the project.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Kulman Ghising, Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority, has been felicitated for his significant work to resolve the acute power crisis ailing the country for over a decade.

KATHMANDU, Sept 14:  Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kulman Ghising has said that preparations are ongoing to ensure quality power supply in the key government offices in the near future.