Electricity infrastructure

Electricity supply coverage across Cambodia has steadily expanded, especially over the past 15 years. By the end of 2024, more than 14,000 of the Kingdom’s 14,153 villages had access to the national grid. ...

Farmers with rice mills are battling to benefit from a government-subsidised electricity tariff aimed at reducing operational costs, citing complex procedures and unclear information despite the Ministry of Mines and Energy’s efforts to lower electricity prices for agricultural purposes. ...

Japan has agreed to provide another loan of JPY 7.98 billion (approximately $55 million) to implement a project to improve and modernise the power grid in Phnom Penh.​ ...

The government of Japan has announced it will provide approximately $55 million in loans to expand electrical transmission and distribution networks in Phnom Penh, with the goal of stabilising the capital’s power supply. ...

Vietnam will increase its electricity supply to Cambodia to 400 megawatts or more to boost the Kingdom’s economy and to help prevent blackouts or power shortages from occurring. ...

Cambodia’s cost of electricity to industrial users remains highest in the region, which in turn is contributing towards the increased cost of doing business, a World Bank study has pointed out.​​ ...

Strengthening and modernizing Cambodia’s power grid is key to supporting the nation’s energy transition, while providing a sustainable and stable electricity supply, experts stated during a Clean Energy Week session. ...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced a reduction in electricity prices for industrial and agricultural enterprises from October to December. ...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) decided to reduce electricity prices by 10 to 20 percent for industrial and agricultural consumers. ...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy on Sep 20, issued a press release on the reduction of electricity prices for industrial and agricultural consumers. The immediate solution came on the advice of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday in Takeo province during a meeting with ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet instructed Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) to study the reduction of electricity prices for 21000 enterprises in the industrial and agricultural sectors to facilitate employers to increase profits, expand investment, and create more jobs for Cambodians. ...

A project to develop a substation and a 230-kilovolt high-voltage electricity transmission line from Kampong Cham province to Kratie province has been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...

Cambodia’s efforts to improve its electricity transmission network will require nearly $1.8 billion, according to the Power Development Plan (PDP) 2022-2040, released recently. ...

Cambodian Transmission II Co., Ltd (CTL II) officially received the 230kV Kampong Cham – Kratie transmission system, following a successful operation takeover on 31 March 2023. ...

Ninety-two percent of households in Cambodia have access to electricity, including 99 percent in urban areas and 88 percent in rural areas, said the 2021-2022 Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey released on Tuesday. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has stated that Cambodia will not raise electricity prices – despite neighbouring countries doing so. ...

With the launch of a new electricity transmission line by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic up to Cambodia, the energy trade, cooperation, and relations between the two Southeast Asian neighbours are set to get a power boost. ...

Laos has launched a 500-kilovolt power transmission line linking a power substation at a village in its southern Champasak province to the border area of Cambodia. ...

The need to fast-track Cambodia’s National Energy Efficiency Policy assumed greater importance as Prime Minister Hun Sen recently reiterated the call to adopt energy-saving measures amidst mounting losses for the Electricite du Cambodge (EDC). ...

Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem said electricity now reaches 98.5 per cent of Cambodia’s over 14,000 villages; with only a small percentage of isolated households remaining off the national grid. ...

The construction of the 230kV Oddor Meanchey to East Siem Reap Grid Substation transmission line project worth $50 million has been completed over 95 percent as of the end of June of this year two years after novated to ODM Power Line Company Limited (OPL), ...

Cambodia has estimated that its power supplier, Electricity of Cambodia (EDC), will lose $100 million this year as the economy has been affected by the war between Russia and Ukraine and the economic sanctions on Moscow and around the world, Prime Minister Hun Sen said. ...

The Lao government is focusing on implementing an array of hydropower projects nationwide to increase its electricity exports to regional countries, including Vietnam and Cambodia. ...

The consumption of electricity in the country has dropped to just over 2,000 megawatts in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, causing a huge loss to the government. Cambodia has a capacity to supply about 3,800 megawatts. ...