Ministry of Electricity and Energy is striving its effort to produce 1,400 megawatts in Yangon in 2020

The Ministry of Electricity and Energy is making efforts to produce 1,400 megawatts in the Yangon Region in 2020, all of which will be used for Yangon.

“Despite being the smallest in terms of area among other states and regions, Yangon consumes over half of the country’s electricity. Yangon electricity consumption is around 1,500 to 1,600 megawatts per year as its consumption rate increased to 20 percent despite the estimation of 15 percent,” she added.

At present, the Ministry of Electricity and Energy is preparing to produce more electricity in the Yangon Region. Currently the Yangon Regional Government is working to build more power lines and power distribution points.

This summer Myanmar faced frequent blackouts due to lower power production, the low capacity is caused by lower water levels at the hydropower plant. Therefore, the Yangon Regional Government, is taking steps to make sure there is no power outages in the future.

Previously over 1,000 villages out of 2,000 in the Yangon Region did not have access to electricity. Now, 60 percent of the villages have access to electricity.

Daw Nilar Kyaw guaranteed that all the villages will have access to electricity in the next two years.

(Myanmar Business Today: https://www.mmbiztoday.com/articles/government-improve-electricity-yangon-2020 )

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