ELECTRICITY PLANNING WITH DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT IN NEPAL - ECONOMICSAND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS

This paper discusses the impacts of selected residential sector demand -side management programmes in a predominantly hydro based electric ut ility of Nepal on the utility's capacity mix, expansion schedule and t he environment. The economics of demand-side options are analysed from the societal and participant perspectives. A key finding of the paper is that some demand-side programmes can result in increased emissions of air pollutants from power generation. The DSM options involving to tal replacement of incandescent lamps with compact fluorescent lamps a re found to be attractive from the societal perspective but not so fro m participant perspectives.