Phnom Penh Residents Asked To Reduce Electricity Usage
State-run Electricite du Cambodge (EdC), the main provider of electricity in the country, has appealed to residents of Phnom Penh to reduce electricity use due to a power shortage, an EdC official said yesterday. The company is only able to produce 70 percent of the city’s electricity demand, as serious water shortfalls have caused the Kirirom hydropower dam in Kompong Speu to stop working and significantly reduced power production at Kampot’s Kamchay dam, said the official, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. …
