Myanmar junta tells country that reliable electricity still 20 years away

Downtown Yangon during a power outage (Photo: Ko Kan Kaung / Myanmar Now) Myanmar’s rotating power-cut system will remain in place next year, and residents will likely have to wait another 20 years before they can get 24-hour electricity across the country, according to the regime’s deputy energy minister. Addressing the junta-controlled parliament on Wednesday, Deputy Minister for Electric Power and Energy Aye Kyaw admitted that the regime is unable to generate sufficient electricity to meet the needs of consumers. He stated that only 70 percent of the expected 5,010 megawatts needed during summer next year could be generated. He said that 24-hour electricity would require new energy production projects that were still in the pipeline and would likely take another 20 years to eventuate. The regime is also currently discussing with Russian state-owned nuclear corporation, . . . Subscribe for full access Myanmar Now's award-winning journalism is made possible by our subscribers. Become one today. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Log in