CNI News

14 January 2025

There were projects carried out by the State to meet the electricity demand and businessmen could carry out the solar projects to meet their business needs as well, said Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC).

He said the above while he was meeting with the entrepreneurs of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Meiktila District on 10th January 2025. 

The entrepreneurs submitted to the NASC Chairman that they wanted the State to provide assistance in obtaining electricity through solar power systems, which is a requirement for their businesses.

 " We are encouraging the consumption of electricity from renewable energy to meet the electricity demand; because Meiktila is a low rainfall area, solar power generation and utilization can be successfully implemented; as there are projects carried out by the state, businessmen can carry out solar power projects to meet their business needs." said Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.

Because of terrorists' disruption of electricity distribution; inability of some power plants to operate at full capacity and insufficient gas at some power plants, it was difficult to meet the electricity demand, he said.

There were also objections to the implementation of hydroelectric projects by the state; so the SAC was encouraging solar energy systems that could be carried out as soon as possible and entrepreneurs needed to carry out solar energy projects as able as they can, said the chairman of the SAC.

Currently, there has been an increase in the power outages in Myanmar and in the daytime, there are four hour long power availability and four hour power outage and 16 hour long power outage altogether a day in Yangon Region, where manufacturing and trading activities are mainly carried out.

So, workshops, factories, and offices are becoming difficult to operate and the cost of living of the people is reportedly rising.