Cambodia approves power and transmission projects

Cambodia approves power and transmission projects

The Cabinet of Ministers of Cambodia has given green light to a power and a
transmission project which aim to address the increasing demand for
electricity in the kingdom.

One of the projects will be a 230-kW transit grid development project from
the Ta Tei dam in Koh Kong province. The transmission line in the Koh Kong
province project will be 220 kilometers long in order to be able to connect
to Phnom Penh and will cost Alex Cooperation, the investment company heading
the project, US$136 million.

The second one will be a coal-fired electricity plant in Preah Sihanouk
province. The 135 MW plant will be built to replace the Cheay Areng Dam in
Koh Kong province which has since shut down. The project will be headed by
Malaysian company Cambodia Energy Limited which already has a 50 MW plant in
the province. The company is expected to invest US$250 million into the
project. Both projects are expected to begin generating electricity by 2019.

Cabinet of Ministers spokesperson Pay Siphan said:

"Prime Minister Hun Sen is hoping to benefit poor people by providing an
opportunity for everyone to have access to cheap electricity nationwide."

Supreme National Economic Council senior advisor Mey Kalyan said that the
progress in electricity generation will drive national economic growth by
meeting the increasing demand for electricity.

Mr. Kalyan said:

"It will help develop the quality of electricity which will boost the
progress of the industrial sector. While we have quantity, we still don't
have quality."

He also said that the project will reduce the country's dependency on
importing electricity from neighboring countries, adding that producing
power domestically will also be more economical.

Electricity prices in Cambodia are among the highest in the region with the
most inexpensive option coming from the national grid costing between
US$0.11 and US$0.27 per kWh.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

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