WORKSHOP ON

CROSS-BORDER ELECTRICITY
TRADE (CBET)

FUNDED BY
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ORGANIZED BY
URJA NEPAL
2021-09-28 to 30

Online via Zoom

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 Schedule
Time Session Topic Duration Speaker
Day-1: 2021-09-28
2:00 PM Overview of agenda and 25 Mins Urja Nepal
introduction of speakers and
participants

2:30 PM Session 1 Overview of CBET in the South 30 min Pankaj Batra

Asian region (SARI/EI)
• Current status of CBET in South Asia
• Brief country wise overview and key
transactions/strategies adopted across
the region
• The role of regional institutions in
facilitating CBET, both today (SAFIR,
SAARC Centre, JSCs, etc.) and going
forward (regional regulator, system
operator, market operator, technical
institutions, etc.)
• CBET-- Benefits and challenges

2:50 PM Session 2 Institutional requirement for 30 min Pankaj Batra

CBET (SARI/EI)
• Institutional design required for
promotion of CBET – design
elements, roles & responsibilities,
international examples.
• Current context is Nepal and how
the institutional structure in Nepal
can be expected to evolve to support
CBET
• Coordination framework among the
entities to strengthen CBET in the
region
3:20 PM Session 3 The Role of MOP Guidelines 45 min Krishna S.
and CBET Regulations in India Bandyopadhyay
and their applicability to Nepal
• Authorization and eligibility to trade
• Application and approval process
• The use of standardized documents
• Case study for the application process
in India

Day-2: 2021-09-29
10:00 to Session 4 Regulatory oversight of CBET— 90 min Speaker:
11:30 International examples and case • Abul Kashem
(Panel studies Mahmud (BADGE)
Discussion) • What should ERC’s role be in the • David Hurlbut
conduct of regulatory oversight of (NREL)
CBET? • Arun Anandan
• The regulatory framework—MoEWRI (Urja Nepal)
Guidelines and ERC Directives
• What is the role of the regulator in
setting tariffs and charges applicable to Moderator:
CBET? Urja Nepal (Rob
• What role does the regulator have Taylor/…)
with respect to energy accounting?
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Time Session Topic Duration Speaker
• Transmission pricing—tariff setting
considerations

11:30 to Session 5 Power markets in South Asia – 40 min Pankaj Batra

12:15 today and going forward (SARI/EI)
• Status of Power Markets in South Asia
• Market Opportunities for Nepal

Day-3: 2021-09-30
2:00 PM Session 6 • The role of Transmission 30 min Dr. Santisouk
Planning in CBET -- - lessons Phimphachanh
from the ASEAN (Member of ASEAN
Power Grid
Consultative
• Regional planning of cross-border
Committee APGCC,
interconnections and integration
Technical Taskforce
• Implementation, coordination, of LTMS-
commissioning and maintenance of
cross-border interconnections
• Ensuring grid security and
coordination among the cross-
border grid operators

The role of Transmission 30 min

Planning in CBET - lessons from TBD
the Gulf Region (Gulf Cooperation
• Regional planning of cross-border Council
interconnections and integration Interconnection
• Implementation, coordination, Authority)
commissioning and maintenance of
cross-border interconnections
• Ensuring grid security and
coordination among the cross-
border grid
3:00 PM Session 7 Cross-border Power trading -- 40 min Zurab Ezugbaia
Lessons from the Republic of (Director of
Georgia Interconnection and
• Georgia and Nepal—similarities and organized markets
differences development
Georgian State
• Role of Transmission System
Operators Electrosystem JSC)
• Technical Standards and
Synchronization issues
• Overcoming challenges posed by
cross-border trading—Lessons from
Georgia
3:40 PM Session 8 Cross-border trading with India 40min Mr Rohit Bajaj ,
– power traders and power Head-BD
exchanges
4:10 PM Session 9 What is the role of energy 30 min Mohit Chandra Joshi,
storage in CBET in the 2020s NREL
and beyond?
• Energy Storage to optimize exports
from Nepal
• Cost-effective energy storage
opportunities

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Time Session Topic Duration Speaker
• Policies and frameworks to promote
energy storage in Nepal? –
International examples
4:40 PM Vote of Thanks and Adjourn

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