Members of the public are expressing anger with the Yangon Electricity Supply Corporation (YESC) for announcing longer power cuts in the city. The YESC said in a statement on Wednesday that it will lengthen the duration of daily power cuts from two hours to six hours in every township in four districts. The longer blackouts […]
Electricity sector could lose K630billion in 2018-19
August 1, 2018 by
The electricity supply sector is forecast to lose about K630billion in the coming 2018-19 fiscal year, said Dr Tun Naing, deputy minister for Electricity and Energy, told Pyidaungsu Hluttaw yesterday. “Power generation and distribution is expected to lose about K629.9 billion in the fiscal year of 2018-19,” Dr Tun Naing said during his presentation. In […]
Power struggle: supply falls short
April 30, 2014 by
Despite ongoing energy projects, the country’s chronic electricity shortage is set to continue, Minister for Electric Power U Khin Maung Soe says. “Electricity generated from hydropower, natural gas and coal-fired plants cannot overcome the country’s chronic shortage of electricity,” he said at a press conference earlier this month. The minister said Myanmar’s power consumption had […]
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