Myanmar’s government is trying to address the country’s worsening power shortage, aiming to add 1,072 megawatts of new electricity generating capacity ahead of elections in late 2020. The move reflects concerns about growing public dissatisfaction over crippling power blackouts and price increases to help fund a string of power plant projects. The energy ministry announced […]
Electricity subsidy is wrong, Pun tells minister
September 17, 2018 by
Business leader Serge Pun weighed into the debate on the country’s energy tariff reforms at the Myanmar Global Investment Forum in Nay Pyi Taw on September 11, calling the electricity subsidy “wrong” and saying that the authorities are not pushing reforms due to “political sensitivity.” “I think it [subsidising electricity] has always been a wrong […]
