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India is investing billions of dollars in infrastructure including hydropower plants, as New Delhi looks to grow its influence among its smaller neighbours, where China is also increasingly active.

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India to import 10,000 MW of hydroelectricity from Nepal over 10 years India, which has a short-term electricity trading deal with Nepal, is investing billions of dollars in infrastructure including hydropower plants, as New Delhi looks to grow its influence among its smaller neighbours, where China is also increasingly active. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and h...

By virtue of this agreement, various government and private entities in India will engage in power trade with Nepal through short-term, medium-term, and long-term contracts.

Private sectors in Nepal can also participate in the import and export of electricity after completing the necessary procedures.

Nepal inks long-term power deal with India, to sell 10,000 MW electricity The agreement was signed in the presence of Nepal's Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Shakti Bahadur Basnet

There are generally two ways to buy and sell electricity in the wholesale market:
1. Spot market 2. Contract market.

1. Spot market:
It is a mechanism which is used to match the supply of electricity from power stations with real time consumption by households and businesses.

All electricity in the spot market is bought and sold at the spot price.

The spot price tells generators how much electricity the market needs at any moment in time to keep the physical power system in balance.

The electricity supplied by generators must exactly match how much electricity is being used by consumers.

2. Contract market:
In this mechanism, retailers enter into contracts (Power Purchase Agreements) with generators to buy electricity at a fixed price for a longer term.

These contracts fix the wholesale price retailers pay for electricity over the course of a year, or several years.

It allows retailers to offer their customers stable retail prices.

Entering into wholesale contracts increases the certainty of generators’ revenue streams, which allows them to get funding for their business operations from banks or other financial institutions.