Lower Erkhuwa Hydropower IPO is included in SEBON’s pipeline. The Lower Erkhuwa Hydropower Company Ltd proposes to issue a total of 2,805,750 shares.
The company submitted the application in SEBON on Falgun 11, 2080. This IPO will raise Rs. 28.05 crores for the company.
Muktinath Capital Limited is the issue manager for the Lower Erkhuwa Hydropower IPO of the company as per agreement.
ICRA Nepal is rating of [ICRANP-IR] BB- (pronounced ICRA NP Issuer Rating double B minus) to Lower Erkhuwa Hydropower Company Limited (LEHCL or the company). This rating is considered to have a moderate risk of default regarding the timely servicing of financial obligations in Nepal.
The “private investors” entered Nepal’s small hydropower sector in the 1990s to develop hydropower projects to meet the immediate requirement of power in the country. It is universally understood that such projects are eco-friendly; not involving any submergence or social rehabilitation. In addition to that these projects can be designed and built locally, and the local banks are also able to provide the necessary finance. Most importantly there are now promoters in Nepal, both in the private sector as well as in the public domain who can own these projects.
Water is Nepal’s only renewable natural resource which can be exploited commercially. Nepal’s water resources must be utilized to create jobs and improve our economy. Hydro energy can be used as an export commodity, thereby reducing the ever widening trade deficits. All this can be possible only if cheap energy becomes available from our resources within Nepal.
NHPC has developed and is operating the 7.5 MW Indrawati III Hydro Power Project in Sindhupalchowk District since in 1999. NHPC, through a subsidiary company called Sunkoshi Hydro Power Company, also owns the Lower Indrawati Hydropower Project (4.5 MW) which can be built as a cascade of the Indrawati III Project. NHPC is also looking at the opportunity of investing in the Lower Irkhuwa Hydropower Project (10 MW) in Bhojpuri District of Nepal.
