The Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC) ( km, អាជ្ញាធរអគ្គិសនីកម្ពុជា) is an autonomous

government agency A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administrati ...

responsible for managing and administering the provision of

electric power Electric power is the rate at which electrical energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is the watt, one joule per second. Standard prefixes apply to watts as with other SI units: thousands, millions and billions o ...

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

Function

In conjunction with the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Energy, which is responsible for creating and operating the electrical power

infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and priv ...

, the role of the EAC involves both producers and consumers of electricity. On the supply side, the EAC licenses electric power suppliers, manages the systems of

tariff A tariff is a tax imposed by the government of a country or by a supranational union on imports or exports of goods. Besides being a source of revenue for the government, import duties can also be a form of regulation of foreign trade and poli ...

s and

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s, and in general regulates the economic environment of power production. On the consumer side, the EAC is responsible for managing consumer activities including managing customer contracts for major industrial and government customers, resolution of tariff-related disputes, and the issuance of warnings and penalties. The authority is governed by a four-person board. The current chairman is H.E. Dr. Ty Norin. The EAC headquarters is in

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...

Penetration

Cambodia, according to the

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in 2019, is one of the "fastest electrifying nations" in the world. As of the end of 2017, electric power reached 89% of the populace, and availability is increasing at roughly eight percent per year. Sixty-seven percent of electricity in Cambodian rural areas is delivered by the national grid, 31% from off-grid solutions. The EAC's 2018 annual report said that by year-end 2018, the nation's electricity supply had reached 2650

megawatts The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James Watt ...

(MW), and was expected to increase to 2870 MW by 2019.

Licensing

The EAC issues five types of licenses to producers of electricity: #Consolidated licenses #Generation licenses #Distribution licenses #Retail licenses #Special purpose transmission licenses

References

External links

Electricity Authority of Cambodia official page

Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy

Government agencies of Cambodia Electric power in Cambodia Government agencies established in 2001 Organisations based in Phnom Penh Cambodian companies established in 2001 Energy companies established in 2001 Energy companies of Cambodia Energy companies of Angola {{Energy-stub

Function

Penetration

Licensing

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