Bhutan Electricity Authority
Executive Summary The tariff application of the Bhutan Power Corporation Limited (BPC) for the period 1st July 2022 to 30th June 2025 was reviewed after considering the comments
The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources set up the Department of Energy as the policy-making body after merging two departments, the Department of Hydropower and Power Systems, and the Department of Renewable Energy. Bhutan's energy sector operations have separate commercial management and ownership from the government.
Bhutan's National Energy Policy 2025 (NEP 2025), released in June 2025 by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MoENR), represents a pivotal shift in the country's energy strategy.
Titled "Empowering Energy Security & Sustainable Growth," the policy consolidates and supersedes several prior frameworks, including the Bhutan Sustainable Hydropower Development Policy 2021, Alternative Renewable Energy Policy 2013, Domestic Electricity Tariff Policy 2016, and National Energy Efficiency & Conservation Policy 2019.
Bhutan imports power every winter months, when the demand is at peak and generation is at lowest point. This tantamount Bhutan to be an importer of electricity despite abundance of renewable energy resources at its disposal. Therefore, suggests apparent lack of national strategy centering energy security.
Executive Summary The tariff application of the Bhutan Power Corporation Limited (BPC) for the period 1st July 2022 to 30th June 2025 was reviewed after considering the comments
2.2 Proposed Logframework for Energy Sector Road Map Table 2.1 on the following page presents the proposed log framework for the Energy Sector Roadmap to support both immediate and
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Bhutan''s National Energy Policy 2025 (NEP 2025), released in June 2025 by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MoENR), represents a pivotal shift in the country''s energy
2. Scope This policy shall provide guidelines for domestic tariff determination which will be applicable for all the customers. However, the industrial customers may opt to have separate
The energy policies lack integration of climate factor given the increased emission from fossil fuels and development of hydro projects in highly vulnerable river basin. There is dearth of an
1.8 The energy sector was governed by several policies, such as the Bhutan Sustainable Hydropower Development Policy-2021, Alternative Renewable Energy Policy-2013, Domestic
The National Energy Policy 2025 introduces a comprehensive strategy for Bhutan to diversify its energy mix beyond hydropower in response to rising domestic demand, and the need for
The new National Energy Policy (NEP) 2025 marks a strategic shift in how the country will manage its energy future. While continuing to honour hydropower, the policy moves decisively
The key energy policies in Bhutan that cover the power sector are (i) Electricity Act of Bhutan, 2001; (ii) Bhutan Sustainable Hydropower Development Policy, 2021; and (iii) Alternative
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