Europe’s natural gas crisis isn’t letting up. Reserves are low. Prices are high. Utility customers are facing expensive bills. Major Russian supplier Gazprom isn’t selling gas like it used to.
Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Pampha Bhusal has said the government has adopted policy of replacing gas stoves with electric ones.
An additional 2,000 MW of electricity could be consumed for cooking purposes in urban areas, 1,000 MW in the transport sector, and 2,000 MW in the industrial sector if the distribution system is improved by speeding up.