The Leaders, at the Fourth BIMSTEC Summit held in Kathmandu, Nepal on 30-31 August 2018, decided to constitute an intergovernmental group of experts to enhance energy cooperation including in hydro-power and other sources of renewable energy. The BIMSTEC Expert Group Meeting on Energy (EG-E) is dealing with all aspects of energy cooperation in a comprehensive manner since the discontinuation of the Task Force on BIMSTEC Trans-Power Exchange and Development Projects. The First Meeting of the BIMSTEC Expert Group on Energy held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from 28-29 March 2019 finalized the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the BIMSTEC Grid Interconnection Coordination Committee (BGICC).