Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) exported 178.19 million units of electricity at competitive rates to the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) market and earned Rs. 1.72 billion in June. The NEA has started selling the surplus electricity during the rainy season to the IEX market from June 2 this year. Initially, 39 MW of electricity from two hydropower plants was sold in the IEX market. But since June 10, the NEA started selling 364 MW of electricity daily at a competitive rate to the Indian market, according to NEA.