Kathmandu, Nov. 5 -- The Nepal Electricity Authority said it would allow delinquent industrial customers to clear their power bills totalling Rs11 billion in instalments. The power utility has been supplying them with energy through dedicated feeders by charging them extra.

A board meeting of the electricity authority decided to collect the arrears by letting the industrial customers make monthly partial payments. The payment period is equal to the amount of time the account has been in arrears.

The move comes nearly a month after multiple courts threw out petitions filed by more than a dozen industries arguing that the fees were illegal. The industries had gone to court after receiving bills from the power utility for electricity they ...