EDC Produces Over 4,000MW of Electricity, Electrifies 3.5 million Sites as of 2022

As of 2022, the government has connected electricity to all types of consumers in Cambodia at 3,533,935 locations, while generating a total of 4,495 megawatts, according to Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EDC) on 15 February. 

Among all those locations, over 3.2 million are general houses; 200,000 are businesses & small industries; over 21,000 are while large industries; and 32 are commercial centres. 

EDC has already electrified 6,175 schools, health centres and hospitals in rural areas. 

As of 2022, the gov’t has generated a total of 4,495 megawatts of electricity, while consuming over 15 billion Kwh from mixed energy sources and 688 million kwh from solar power sources. 

To date, EDC has supplied electricity to 99.88% of the total number of villages in the country. The construction of the distribution network has increased by 0.74%, bringing the number of villages with the distribution network to 98.27% by the end of 2022. 

For 2023, EDC and private service providers will be able to expand the electricity supply from the national grid to another 157 villages. Thus, after 2023, there will be only 88 villages left that are not collected to the grid. 

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