Electricity infrastructure
Electricity policy and administration
Baht bills banned: EAC order halt to Thai currency billing on border
The Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC) has instructed two electricity supply companies along the Thai border to immediately cease issuing invoices in Thai baht. The decision follows Cambodia’s complete cessation of electricity imports from Thailand. ...
Farmers struggle with complex procedures for subsidised electricity tariffs
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. ...
Kuch Sikol
https://kiripost.com/stories/farmers-struggle-with-complex-procedures-for-subsidised-electricity-tariffs
Vietnam increasing Cambodia’s electricity supply by 400MW
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. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501530165/vietnam-increasing-cambodias-electricity-supply-by-400mw/
Electricity price cut for industrial and agricultural enterprises
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced a reduction in electricity prices for industrial and agricultural enterprises from October to December. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501364765/electricity-price-cut-for-industrial-and-agricultural-enterprises/
Factories get power tariff relief up to 20%
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) decided to reduce electricity prices by 10 to 20 percent for industrial and agricultural consumers. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363959/factories-get-power-tariff-relief-up-to-20/
Ministry of Mines and Energy announces a reduction in electricity prices 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 ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363680/ministry-of-mines-and-energy-announces-a-reduction-in-electricity-prices-for-industrial-and-agricultural-consumers/
More than 20,000 industrial and agricultural enterprises to receive reduced electricity prices
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. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501362888/more-than-20000-industrial-and-agricultural-enterprises-to-receive-reduced-electricity-prices/
92 pct of households in Cambodia get access to electricity
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. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501268277/92-pct-of-households-in-cambodia-get-access-to-electricity/
PM pledges not to raise electricity prices
Prime Minister Hun Sen has stated that Cambodia will not raise electricity prices – despite neighbouring countries doing so. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501254959/pm-pledges-not-to-raise-electricity-prices/
PM’s call brings back focus on energy efficiency
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). ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501209876/pms-call-brings-back-focus-on-energy-efficiency/
Electricity price cut for farmers
To encourage farmers to increase agricultural production, Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) has cut the price of electricity used for irrigation at night to 480 riel (12 US cents) per kWh. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/electricity-price-cut-farmers
Call for cashless electricity payments
Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC) has called for licensed private electricity distributors to receive cashless payments for electricity bills to prevent possible COVID-19 infections. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50705868/call-for-cashless-electricity-payments/
Electric proposal Usage-based plan to lower power rates
Cambodia’s electricity regulator is set to roll out seven new plans designed to reduce electricity fees beginning in April and through 2020, with some fees dropping as low as 480 riel per kilowatt hour. ...
Yesenia Amaro and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/electric-proposal-usage-based-plan-lower-power-rates
Electric bills come with threat: no online gripes
Customers of state power provider Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) may get an added shock when they open their bills this month. Along with their monthly total, customers in the capital and four provinces will receive a warning that they could end of up in court if ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/electric-bills-come-threat-no-online-gripes-116878/
Indian power firms eye kingdom’s energy gaps
More than 50 representatives of Indian energy firms attended the opening of the Powering Cambodia conference in Phnom Penh yesterday, engaging local government officials and stakeholders in the Kingdom’s energy sector to explore investment opportunities in the field of electricity generation and distribution. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indian-power-firms-eye-kingdoms-energy-gaps
