This is all hearsay but the new head of NEA is an engineer who previously worked in power supply so he knew all the ins and outs of the system. On Lakshmi Puja he personally went to the power plant that supplied electricity to Kathmandu and it seemed the peak demand was ~390MW which dropped off ~8pm to 250MW as shops closed, puja was over and everyone went home.

So here's the thing, on Lakshmi Puja where the electricity demand is highest in the city, the production and supply was adequate (there's also a diesel plant that can supplement the power supply). So the problem was mismanagement and

CORRUPTION

The folks at NEA were in bed with inverter and battery companies. They pretty much turned a blind eye to electricity mismanagement because these inverter suppliers were offering them money. You know how corrupt the government workers generally are and this was lots of money since pretty much everyone in Kathmandu has an inverter/battery system.

So now, 3-4 years after chronic loadshedding market saturation for inverter is nearly 100% (in Kathmandu) so there is less money to be made and less bribes to be given. That coupled with the new administration means loadshedding magically disappears.

See Kathmandu does not need a lot of electricity. During the day the demand is 125MW for the entire valley. This was always artificial scarcity induced to make a quick and massive profit.

Now our politicians have decided to take all credit for this 'miraculous' change. Just ask yourself if there really was a shortage how can loadshedding pretty much stop just because we have a new PM? You can't just magic up electricity from the power of political speeches.

So that's the thing. This is all hearsay so you may not quote me on this.