In January 2023, junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing told a meeting of junta officials in Naypyidaw that his regime was working to produce enough electricity for the nation's needs by 2025, but meeting that target appears unlikely with only a month to go until the new year.
Meanwhile, even industrial zones in Yangon can only expect four hours of electricity each day. A businessperson in the city who also declined to be named said that factories require eight hours of electricity per day to operate effectively.
Maximum electricity generation has fallen from 3,589 megawatts per day in November 2021, nine months after the military seized power on Feb. 1, 2021, to 2,376 MW per day in November 2024, data from the junta's Ministry of Electric Power showed.
Regular power supply is now available only in the capital Naypyidaw -- the center of power for the military regime -- while other areas, including the commercial capital Yangon experience severe shortages, residents say.
The consumption rate of electricity in Myanmar is increasing at least 15 per cent each year, and it is estimated that Myanmar is expected to consume about 4,531 megawatts of electricity in 2020-2021.
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Regular power supply is now available only in the capital Naypyidaw -- the center of power for the military regime -- while other areas, including the commercial capital Yangon experience...
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