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Towards a Reliable Affordable and Sustainable Energy Sector in Nepal
First Programmatic Energy Sector Development Policy Credit (DPC) Project
Workshop on Strategic Energy Sector Policies in Nepal, Gokarna Forest Resort (NOVEMBER 5-6, 2018)
Session 1: Sector vision and strategy
- Nepal energy sector white paper and action plan
Presenter: Sagar Raj Goutam, Senior Divisional Engineer, Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
- Global experience with electricity sector reforms
Presenter: Pedro Antman, Lead Energy Specialist, World Bank
Moderator: Xiaoping Wang, Energy Lead for Nepal, World Bank
Session 2: Operationalizing the power trade
Presenters:
Prabal Adhikari, CEO, Nepal Power Trading Company Limited (NPTCL) 3
Tushar Sud, Partner, Deloitte 5
Discussants:
Dinesh Kumar Ghimire, Joint Secretary, MoEWRI
Kul Man Ghising, Managing Director, NEA
Moderator: Gailius J. Draugelis, Lead Energy Specialist, World Bank
Session 3: Ensuring financial viability of the NEA
Presenter:
Anish Mandal, Director, Deloitte 6
Discussants:
Kul Man Ghising, Managing Director, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA)
Pedro Antamann, Lead Energy Specialist, World Bank
Moderator: Rabin Shrestha, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank
Session 4: Strengthening environmental and social guidelines governing investments in the electricity sector
Presenters:
Chatur Bahadur Shrestha, Under Secretary, MoEWRI 7
Uday Sharma, DFID consultant 8
Discussants:
Sindhu Dhungana, Joint Secretary (Tech.)
Planning, Monitoring and Coordination, Ministry of Forests and Environment
Krishna Prasad Acharya, Joint Secretary (Tech.)
Forest and Watershed Division, Ministry of Forests and Environment
Purushottam Acharya, Deputy Director General, Department of Electricity Development
Day 1 Wrap-up
Bipul Singh, Senior Energy Economist, World Bank
Session 5: Developing a power market in federal Nepal
Presenters:
Kul Man Ghising, Managing Director, Nepal Electricity Authority 9
Pedro Antmann, Lead Energy Specialist, World Bank 10
Pham Manh Thang, Board Member, Vietnam Electricity 11
Discussants:
Nutan Prakash Sharma, Under Secretary, Department of Electricity Development
Bipul Singh, Senior Energy Economist, World Bank
Rob Taylor, Deloitte
Session 6: Pricing energy services
Presenters:
Anish De, Partner, KPMG 12
Pedro Antmann, Lead Energy Specialist, World Bank 13
Discussants:
Kul Man Ghising, Managing Director, NEA
Rabin Shrestha, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank
Session 7: Communicating strategically with stakeholders in the electricity sector
Presenters
Bipul Singh, Senior Energy Economist, World Bank 14
Kunda Dixit, Himalmedia 15
Fan Zhang, Senior Economist, World Bank 16
Conclusions and wrap-up
Sagar Raj Goutam, Senior Divisional Engineer, MoEWRI
Xiaoping Wang, Energy Lead for Nepal, World Bank 17
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