The Government of Cambodia said that the prices of electricity will be delayed to discount by the end of 2022

Samdech Hun Sen, Cambodian Prime Minister officially announced that the plan that the Cambodian government will be markdown the electricity prices for the citizens by the end of 2022 may be delayed due to electricity Cambodia (EDC) will be lost about 100 million dollars in 2022. While a meeting with the ASEAN-Para Games delegation on July 6, 2022, EDC is the first loss The government has to intervene because of the war in Ukraine and the superpowers' economic sanctions on Russia Once upon a past time.

Samdech Hun Sen, Cambodian Prime Minister has invoked to all the citizens, especially those who are working in public institutions, to use sparingly electricity, while the price of electricity in the country rising higher, there must be implemented by the first state institutions to reduce losses because if we are not careful, Cambodia will be getting bigger losses. This claim is made after the Cambodian government found the electricity service is facing about a 100 million dollars will loss in 2022.

The Local Democrat Party Chairman Dr. Yang Saing Koma told on July 7 that he agreed with the government that has appealed to the citizens and the government institutions must use electricity in their institutions by savings to avoid wasting the national budget because the national budget is the money that citizens pay for the taxes in these days.

He added that the government should consider expanding renewable energy sources such as hydropower and solar energy to ensure use for citizens at Reasonable prices in the future.

The daily electricity consumption in Cambodia today is the highest at around 2,200 MW, and the source of electricity that Cambodia is using is Sources of clean energy, of which 61% biomass, more than 33% from coal mills, and less than 5% from fossil fuels neither.

At this present, the electricity consumption of the people varies according to the number of kilowatts that each household uses, of which 380 riels Per kilowatt (kWh) for electricity from 1 to 10kWh per month and the price 610 riels per kilowatt (kWh) for users Electricity from 51 to 200 kWh per month. The price of 740 riels per kWh is for electricity users from 201 kWh or more per month.