The project is run of the river project at Modi Khola of Parbat district. The construction of the project started in early 2010 and was completed in August 2012. The project started generating electricity since September 2012 with connection to National Grid. The commercial operation of the project began in November 2012, since then the project is adding 61.01 GWh of energy annually to the national power network.
Salient Features of Lower Modi-1 Hdyropower Project:
| Type of Scheme | = | Run-of-River (RoR) |
| River | = | Modi Khola |
| Location | = | Chuwa, Kushma Parbat (Along Pokhara-Baglung Highway) |
| Power and Energy | ||
| Gross Head / Net Head | = | 50 m / 46.25 m |
| Design Discharge | = | 16 m3/sec |
| Installed Capacity | = | 10 MW |
| Annual Energy | = | 61.01 GWh |
| Hydrology | ||
| Catchment Area | = | 575 km2 |
| Design Flow | = | 26.0 m3/sec. |
| Mean Annual Flow | = | 55.9 m3/sec. |
| Design flood Q1,000 | = | 1123 m3/sec |
| Structures | ||
| Intake | = | Side Intake, 4 orifices (7.15 m3 x 4) |
| Settling Basins | = | Double Chamber, 0.2 mm, 100m x 10 m x 6.5m |
| Headrace Canal | = | Rectangular RCC, length 2101 m, size 4.8 m W x 3.25 m H |
| Forebay | = | Rectangular RCC, 50m x 10m x 6.5 m, Volume 3000 m3 |
| Penstock Pipe | = | Steel, 60 m x 2 nos., Internal diameter 2.4 m |
| Turbine | = | 2 units Francis Turbine |
| Tailrace Tunnel | = | Rectangular, Length 39 m |
| Transmission line | = | 132 kVA Single Circuit, 8 km ( to NEA Dimuwa Substation – 23 Towers) |
| Construction Time Period | = | 2.5 Years |
| Test Operation | = | Since 2069 Ashwin 18 ( 04 October 2012) Grid Connection |
| Commercial Operation (COD) | = | 2069 Mangsir 09 (24 November 2012) |