[enviro-vlc] Cambodia to have enough power after Vietnam's electricity arrives mid year

[Vern Weitzel]

Subject: [vnnews-l] FR-CAM: Cambodia to have enough power after Vietnam's 
electricity arrives mid year
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 13:30:54 -0800 (PST)
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BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific - Political
Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring

February 7, 2009 Saturday

Cambodia to have enough power after Vietnam's electricity arrives mid year

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Text of report in English by Cambodian state news agency AKP email service

[Report by Ravuth M.: "Purchased Electricity from Vietnam Available Soon"]

Phnom Penh, February 6, 2009 AKP - Electricity purchased from Vietnam will
be available for consumers in Phnom Penh in the first half of this year,
said an official of the Electricity of Cambodia (EDC).

Sin Hel, Director of EDC Power Network and Distribution Department, said
the erection of electric poles and construction of networks were reaching
the completion and connection towards the city of Phnom Penh would take
place soon.

The city of Phnom Penh will be sufficiently supplied with power when the
200 megawatts electricity purchased from Vietnam is connected, he said,
adding that Phnom Penh is also going to get an additional supply of 180
megawatts once the construction of Kamchay hydropower plant and power
lines are completed.

At the moment, he indicated, there is no problem of insufficient supply,
as the EDC is capable of generating around 180 to 190 megawatts, but there
will be the problem for a short period in the coming dry season.

However, he noticed, the shortage is not high because some of the
factories are using their own generators.

Sin Hel said there were some accidental blackouts in the city, and that
was not due to the insufficient supply, but to technical matters with
short circuits caused by the private construction sites. - AKP (By Mr
Ravuth M.)

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse email, Phnom Penh, in English 6 Feb 09