Amnaya Paudel
Energy Engineering · Electrical & Electronics
Profile
Amnaya Paudel is an energy and electrical/electronics engineer with over twelve years across energy planning, power-sector regulation, energy efficiency, renewable energy and technical advisory work in Nepal.
He has worked with government institutions, utilities, regulators, development partners and private-sector stakeholders on regulatory and policy analysis for Nepal's electricity sector — transmission pricing, open access, power system operation and scheduling, energy storage, captive power, and related market and grid-code matters.
His assignments include the Nepal Electricity Authority's five-year Corporate Development Plan, transmission pricing regulatory work for the Electricity Regulatory Commission, Nepal's Green Hydrogen Roadmap, and climate-resilient energy planning under the Integrated Resources and Resilience Plan. He has also managed donor-funded energy programmes, including concessional green finance for EV charging infrastructure and an ESCO-based energy-efficiency pilot.
Earlier work covers energy-demand forecasting, bottom-up techno-economic modelling with AIM/Enduse, and rooftop solar PV development, including published ADB research on energy efficiency in South Asia.
Areas of expertise
- Power-sector regulation, policy analysis and regulatory framework development
- Electricity market design, open access, transmission pricing and power trading
- Grid code, scheduling and dispatch, balancing, settlement and ancillary services
- Energy planning, demand forecasting and techno-economic modelling
- Energy efficiency, energy economics and climate-resilient energy planning
- Renewable energy, solar PV, green hydrogen and energy storage
- Corporate planning and financial modelling for utilities
- Donor-funded programme and grant portfolio management
Selected assignments
- NEA five-year Corporate Development Plan (2025/26–2029/30) — team leadership, energy-balance projections and financial modelling oversight
- Transmission Pricing Regulatory Paper for the Electricity Regulatory Commission
- Nepal Green Hydrogen Roadmap — sectoral feasibility and phased implementation strategy
- USAID Urja Nepal — grant portfolio management, EV charging finance and an ESCO energy-efficiency pilot
Education
- M.Eng. Energy Technology — Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 2017
- B.E. Electrical and Electronics — Nepal Engineering College, Pokhara University, Nepal, 2014
- Energy Efficiency for Energy Manager — GIZ and Center for Energy Studies, 2021
- Energy Economics, Environment and Policy — Asian Development Bank Institute, 2020
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Sandip AdhikariStructural Engineering
Sudeep ThapaHighway & Transportation
Nikesh BhattaraiBridge & Road Design
Kushal BaralHydropower & Hydrology
Susen ShresthaGlacio-hydrology & Climate
Sirjana BaralSocio-economics
Srijana BhattaraiSocial Development
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