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Electricity brings hope to locals of Baidi VDC, by Krishna Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 28/12/2000)

Micro Hydro Plants (Rising Nepal, 26/12/2000)

Thami villagers revel as electricity comes to their homes (Rising Nepal, 25/12/2000)

Villagers light homes, thanks to MHDS, by Ballav Mani Dahal (Rising Nepal, 16/12/2000)

Modi Khola project starts commercial production, by Pushpa Raj Pradhan (People's Review, 14/12/2000)

EurOrient to pay guarantee for Arun III by this month, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 14/12/2000)

Crown Prince opens MHDS (Kathmandu Post, 14/12/2000)

Puwakhola hydel not to generate targetted power (Kathmandu Post, 12/12/2000)

Alternative Energy: Contributing To Forest Preservation, by Uttam Maharjan (Rising Nepal, 11/12/2000)

Hydropower Development (Rising Nepal, 11/12/2000)

Locals lament power supply delay (Kathmandu Post, 10/12/2000)

Koirala to inaugurate Modi Khola hydel today (Rising Nepal, 09/12/2000)

Power outage is back, thanks to Khimti-I, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 06/12/2000)
See also Load-shedding to end after Khimti-I repair (Kathmandu Post, 13/12/2000)

5 power developers issued survey licence (Kathmandu Post, 05/12/2000)

Private investment in hydropower poor (Kathmandu Post, 30/11/2000)

Khimti-I formally opens today despite high price tag  (Kathmandu Post, 27/11/2000)
see also His Majesty inaugurates Khimti-I, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 28/11/2000)

EurOrient’s time-buying move for Arun III, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 23/11/2000)
see also Govt warns Eurorient over missed deadlines (Kathmandu Post, 24/11/2000) and Eur Orient submits letter seeking time (Rising Nepal, 24/11/2000)

New policy to woo investors in promoting hydropower sector, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 20/11/2000)

On Butwal Power Company privatization, by S B Pun (Kathmandu Post, 18/11/2000)

New water resources policy draft submitted to Govt (Kathmandu Post, 18/11/2000)

Will Our Lights Keep Burning?, by S.B. Pun (Spotlight, 17/11/2000)

The Private Sector Experience and the PDF Mantra (Spotlight, 10/11/2000)

Bio-Gas: Alternative Energy, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 10/11/2000)

Micro Gets Big (Rising Nepal, 09/11/2000)

Nepal-US joint venture on ‘power generation bodes well for Nepal’, by Ralph Frank, US Ambassador to Nepal

NEA under criticism over 'take or pay' term in BPC, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 06/11/2000)

Whither Nepalese Power Sector, by S.B. Pun (Spotlight, 0311/2000)

"Too good" to be true (Kathmandu Post, 27/10/2000)

Elysee coming with 'too good' deal on Upper Karnali, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 26/10/2000)

Rural energy programmes effective for development (Rising Nepal, 22/10/2000)

Three MNCs to compete for BPC (Kathmandu Post, 20/10/2000)

Renewable Energy Holds Promises, by Mohan K.C. (Rising Nepal, 18/10/2000)

Chilime hydel project’s construction underway (Rising Nepal, 15/10/2000)

Upper Bhotekoshi to be completed by mid-November (Rising Nepal, 26/09/2000)

Welcome back... Arun! by Hitesh Karki (Kathmandu Post, 18/09/2000)

Nepalis pay 11 pc of income to buy the ‘white gold’! by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 18/09/2000)

Kaligandaki-A to run only after 2002, by Hari Bahadur Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 17/09/2000)

Modikhola project kicks off, by L.B. Thapa (People's Review, 14/09/2000)

Kaligandaki-A to heat up winter blues from Nov, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 11/09/2000)

PPA between hydel projects and NEA under review (Kathmandu Post, 08/09/2000)

Water Reseources: Where Is The Market?, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 18/08/2000)

Arun III debate taught us many lessons (Rising Nepal, 12/08/2000)

Eurorient hopes to start Arun III work next year, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 11 August 2000)

Effects from electricity tariff hike, by Shanker M. Singh (People's Review, 03/08/2000)

Biogas programme benefiting farmers enormously (People's Review, 27/07/2000)
Interview with Sunder Bajagain, senior officer at the Biogas Support Programme

Power Supply Scenario, by Mohan K.C. (Rising Nepal, 27/07/2000)

B’desh ready to buy power from Nepal; can export gas (Telegraph, 26/07/20000)

Sankhuwasabha vouches for Arun III (Kathmandu Post, 23/07/2000)

Should private investors be allowed to develop Arun-III? (Kathmandu Post, 22/07/2000)

Reports of irregularities over rural electrification project (Kathmandu Post, 22/07/2000)

Nepal-India Relations: Water Resources’ Issues, by Hiranya Lal Shrestha (Rising Nepal, 20/07/2000)

Oppn raise furore over electricity tariff increment Ask ADB terms to be made public (Kathmandu Post, 20/07/2000)

Electricty tariff hike and the electricity pricing: some critical observations, by Shanker M. Singh (Independent, 19/07/2000)

REDP empowering people, institutions (Rising Nepal, 17/07/2000)

Water resources : Bilateralism vs regionalism, by Hiranya Lal Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 17/07/2000)

Small investment can aid rural energy, by Chiranjibi Paudyal (Kathmandu Post, 17/07/2000)

Costly power deal break the back of NEA, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 16/07/2000)

Water resources: Private Investment (Spotlight, 14/07/2000)

Nepal's water resource strategy sabotaged?, by Shrish S. Rana (People's Review, 13/07/2000)

Electricity price may be up by 30 pc: Decision based on ADB’s loan conditionalities, by Surendra Phuyal ((Kathmandu Post, 13/07/2000)

Landlocked and Hydropower Rich Paraguay, Bhutan and Nepal: Cases of Lame Duck, Flying Geese and Sitting Duck, by S.B.Pun (Telegraph, 12/078/2000)

Khimti I to begin operation (Rising Nepal, 12/07/2000)

Arun III investors arriving very soon, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 09/07/2000)

Proposals for eleven hydel projects accepted (Kathmandu Post, 07/07/2000)

Nepal can’t sell power at Bhutan’s rate (Kathmandu Post, 30/06/2000)

Solar energy appropriate to remote villages: Minister (Rising Nepal, 27/06/2000)

Award to curb electricity leakage (Rising Nepal, 23/06/2000)

Nepal’s hydropower and demand in India, by Hari Prasad Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 17/06/2000)

Our Looming Energy Glut and The No Option Trap, by S.B. Pun (Spotlight, 16/06/2000)

The Looming Energy Glut And The No Option Trap, by S.B. Pun (Rising Nepal, 08/06/2000)

Small Hydropower Development: Rising Importance, by S.B. Pun (Rising Nepal, 09/05/2000)

Kali Gandaki "A": Bogged In Controversies (Spotlight, 05/05/2000)

New Power Station, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 05/05/2000)

KG 'A' may not be commissioned on time (Kathmandu Post, 26/04/2000)

Feasibility study of six hydel projects completed (Rising Nepal, 19/04/2000)

Positive indication in hydel development (Rising Nepal, 07/04/2000)

Puwa Khola starts production (Rising Nepal, 06/04/2000)

Socio-economic initiatives of REDP, by Binod Gupta (Kathmandu Post, 05/04/2000)

Khimti starts power production (Rising Nepal, 01/04/2000)

River basinsbasis of water resource dev (Rising Nepal, 29/03/2000)

Pancheshwore may submerge villages (Kathmandu Post, 28/03/2000)

Small hydropower projects toward big leaps, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 24/03/2000)

Challenges in managing water resources, by Rajendra K Kshatri (Kathmandu Post, 24/03/2000)

REDP collaborates with University of Flensburg (Rising Nepal, 21/03/2000)

Perspectives on downstream benefits, by Trilochan Upreti (Kathmandu Post, 21/03/2000)

Kaligandaki-A to be completed next year (Rising Nepal, 16/03/2000)

Harnessing hydro-dollar with conscience, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (Kathmandu Post, 16/03/2000)

Bhotekosi hydropower project: poised to deliver, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 10/03/2000)

New hydropower policy revamping power sector (Sunday Despatch, 05/03/2000)

Enron between myth and reality, by Puran P. Bista (Kathmandu Post, 03/03/2000)

Hydropower development policy: miscalculated approach (Spotlight, 25/02/2000)

New hydropower policy for cheaper electricity (Rising Nepal, 25/02/2000)

EDC evaluates 22 hydel projects (Kathmandu Post, 25/02/2000)

Nepal is a super power in water resources (People's Review, 24/02/2000)
Interview with Madan Regmi, chairman of the China Study Centre, a well-known poet, writer and columnist and a strong critic of Indian policy towards Nepal

Power tariff could go up again next Fiscal Year, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 23/02/2000)

With private sector on driving seat will power be cheaper?, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 22/02/2000)

A case of darkness under the lamp, this, by Kul Chandra Neupane (Kathmandu Post, 09/02/2000)

India to buy West Seti power, by Kavita Sherchan (Kathmandu Post, 4 February 2000)

Enron for Karnali : issues on downstream benefits, by Rajendra K. Kshatri (Kathmandu Post, 3 February 2000)

20% of construction work of Chilime project completed (The Rising Nepal, 22 January 2000)

Locals rap KG ‘A’ (The Kathmandu Post, 17 January 2000)

‘Small power projects more advantageous' (The Rising Nepal, 15 January 2000)

Landlocked and hydropower rich Paraguay, Bhutan and Nepal: cases of lamed duck, flying geese and sitting duck, by S.B. Pun (Spotlight, 14 January 2000)

Nepal’s water resources: all party meet & Enron, by Gandhi Raj Kafle (The Rising Nepal, 13 January 2000)

Nepal to host SA energy conference in March (The Independent, 12 January 2000)

Dams for security, by K. R. Sharma (The Kathmandu Post, 6 January 2000)

BPC fiasco go for partial divestiture, by Narayan Manandhar (The Rising Nepal, 23 December 1999)

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