August 19: Nepal’s households continue to consume more electricity that the industrial sector, a trend that has remained unchanged for the last six years.

Although electricity consumption by the industrial sector has grown over the last few years, It has only done so marginally when compared to the growth among households.

Recent figures from Nepal Electricity Authority show that the industrial sector consumed 36.30 percent (1,359.34 Gwh) of the electricity supplied by the state utility in FY 2014/15. The figure for households stood at 44.77 percent (1,673 Gwh).

This trend has remained largely unaltered for the last decade, except for 2009, when industrial consumption exceeded household consumption.

Since manufacturing plants require electricity to run, the consumption data gives an indication of things are faring in the manufacturing sector.