Alternative Energy Promotion Centreवैकल्पिक ऊर्जा प्रवर्द्धन केन्द्र

What does it do?

• “Work as the national focal agency for alternative/renewable energy and energy efficiency.” www.aepc.gov.np Roles and responsibilities
• “Subsidy and financial assistance delivery.” www.aepc.gov.np Roles and responsibilities
• “Since October 2018, AEPC has been mandated for the promotion of Energy Efficiency activities.” www.aepc.gov.np Roles and responsibilities, introduction
• Formulates suitable policies and programmes to develop and expand alternative energy technology, and measures and sets quality standards for it. www.aepc.gov.np Formation Order 2053, s.4(क)-(ख)

Which law set it up?

What the law says is summarised with section numbers, not quoted, because text copied from the official PDFs is not reliable.

Law

Alternative Energy Development Board Formation Orderवैकल्पिक ऊर्जा विकास समिति (गठन) आदेश, २०५३ (संशोधन सहित)

Section

Section 3(1) (समितिको गठन): an Alternative Energy Development Committee is to exist to promote alternative energy; s.3(2)(ट) makes the Executive Director of the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre its member-secretary

Official text

www.aepc.gov.np

History

“Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) is a Government institution established on November 3, 1996, under the Ministry of Science and Technology with the objective of developing and promoting renewable/alternative energy technologies in Nepal.” www.aepc.gov.np Home page introduction

Who leads it and who oversees it?

Head

Mr. Nawa Raj Dhakal, Executive Director www.aepc.gov.np Checked 2026-10-16

Falls under

Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigationऊर्जा, जलस्रोत तथा सिंचाइ मन्त्रालय www.aepc.gov.np Home page introduction

Website

www.aepc.gov.np

What could we not establish?

• The formation order is printed in an old font encoding, so it is summarised here, not quoted.गठन आदेश पुरानो फन्ट सङ्केतनमा छापिएको छ, त्यसैले यहाँ उद्धरण नगरी सारांश दिइएको छ।
• The site's page heading says 'Alternative Energy Development Board Formation Order'; the order's own Nepali title says समिति (committee).वेबसाइटको पृष्ठ शीर्षकमा ‘Alternative Energy Development Board Formation Order’ छ; आदेशको आफ्नै नेपाली शीर्षकमा ‘समिति’ छ।
• The order's opening line reads 'विकास समिति ऐन, २०१३ को दफा १३ को दफा ३' as printed; the empowering provision in the Act is s.3. Gazette publication details of the 2053 order and its amendments were not seen.आदेशको सुरुमा छापिएअनुसार ‘विकास समिति ऐन, २०१३ को दफा १३ को दफा ३’ लेखिएको छ; ऐनको अधिकार दिने व्यवस्था दफा ३ हो। २०५३ को आदेश र त्यसका संशोधनका राजपत्र प्रकाशन विवरण देखिएका छैनन्।
• The 1996 establishment date comes from the AEPC home page and was not checked against the gazetted order.सन् १९९६ को स्थापना मिति केन्द्रको गृहपृष्ठबाट लिइएको हो र राजपत्रमा प्रकाशित आदेशसँग तुलना गरिएको छैन।