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| − | *'''First of Its Kind World Bank Survey on Quality of Electricity Access in Nepal Shows Remarkable Progress; Challenges Persist on Clean Cooking'''<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- 95 out of 100 households in Nepal have access to electricity, while 72 out of 100 have access to reliable, affordable and uninterrupted access to electricity for a significant part of the day, marking remarkable progress over the past decade, according to a first-of-its-kind national survey conducted by the World Bank in 2017.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span>[https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2019/11/19/first-of-its-kind-world-bank-survey-on-quality-of-electricity-access-in-nepal-shows-remarkable-progress-challenges-persist-on-clean-cooking Click here to read more.]<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span>'''(November 21, 2019)'''<br/>
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| − | *<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">'''The World Bank’s South Asia Energy and Social Development Units''', with support </span><span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">from Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), o</span><span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">rganized the First Regional Conference of the Women in Power Sector Professional </span><span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Network– WePOWER – to promote female practitioners in the energy sector. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">conference was held in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 20-21, 2019.</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"></span>
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| − | *<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">'''The World Bank approved Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) Grant''' in the amount of $5.61 million and SCF Loan in the amount of $2 million to help Nepal diversify its energy sources to renewables. The SCF grant and credit support the [http://projects.worldbank.org/P149239?lang=en Private Sector-Led Mini-Grid Energy Access Project], which aims to mobilize energy-service companies in selected regions of the country to increase capacity of renewable energy mini-grids. </span> [http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2019/01/31/world-bank-to-help-scale-up-renewable-energy-options-in-nepal Press Release] and [http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/loans-credits/2019/01/31/nepa-private-sector-led-mini-grid-energy-access-project Loans and Credits] '''(January 30, 2019)'''
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| − | #'''[https://energypedia.info/images/c/cc/Second_Energy_DPC_Program_Document.pdf Program Document]'''
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| − | '''Pillar 1:''' Improving the financial viability of the electricity sector
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| − | *'''Prior Action 1a: '''[http://erc.gov.np/storage/listies/April2020/consumer-tariff-directive-2076.pdf The ERC has issued Electricity Consumer Tariff Fixation Directive] ([[:File:Electricity Consumer Tariff Fixation English Translation.pdf|English Translation]])
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| − | *'''Prior Action 1b: '''[http://erc.gov.np/storage/listies/April2020/notice-2076-11-07.jpg The ERC has accepted NEA tariff application]
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| − | *'''Prior Action 4: '''The Council of Ministers has approved the [https://energypedia.info/images/9/93/Electricity_Bill_2077_-_Unofficial_Translation(English).pdf Draft Electricity Bill] for its submission to the Parliament
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| − | *'''Prior Action 6:''' NPTCL Board of Directors has approved the [https://energypedia.info/images/d/dc/NPTCL_Business_Plan.pdf NPTCL Business Plan]
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| − | == '''First Programmatic Energy Sector Development Policy Credit (DPC1)'''<br/> ==
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| − | Prior Action 4: [http://www.moewri.gov.np/images/category/White-Paper-2075-with-Annex02.pdf The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation has adopted the power sector strategy and action plan]<br/>
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