Official Says Electricity Prices Set to Increases
State power company Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) plans to increase the price of electricity to make up for a drop in revenue this year, according to a Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy official. “This year, oil prices went up, which meant the EDC did not make the profit as planned because we have not increased the price of electricity yet. So we hope to raise electricity prices in the near future,” said Tun Lian, director-general of the minstry’s energy department. …
