Blackouts to end soon: EdC

27 May 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
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Blackouts in Phnom Penh will no longer be a problem after an energy source near Sihanoukville starts providing an extra 50 megawatts of coal-fired power to the city next month, the director-general of Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) said. Keo Rottanak said by mid-June at the latest the coal-power plant from Sihanoukville will be commissioned as the line is ready and the power plant is almost ready. …

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