UNION Minister for Electric Power U Nyan Tun attended a meeting with district and township electrical managers, engineers and treasurers of the Yangon Electricity Supply Corporation (YESC) at the meeting hall of the YESC head office in Ahlon Township, Yangon Region, yesterday morning.
The Director-General of the Union Minister’s Office, the Chair of the Yangon Electricity Supply Corporation and Directors-General and Managing Directors from relevant departments and enterprises presented sector-wise presentations.
Regarding the presentations, the Union Minister said that, to meet the country’s growing electricity demand, the Ministry has implemented various measures, including the use of renewable energy, to increase power generation. As a result, the 500-megawatt LNG power plant project has been successfully constructed, enabling the supply of 500 megawatts of electricity from the plant starting 14 January 2026. Consequently, total daily electricity generation has now reached up to 3,400 megawatts (60,000 megawatt-hours). With this improvement, load-sharing and rotational power supplies have been suspended, and efforts are being made to distribute electricity on a full-time basis as far as possible.
He stressed that all those concerned need to work together in unity to ensure a stable and sufficient power transmission and distribution system that develops in a balanced and systematic manner. He also emphasized the need to scrutinize and use allocated funds systematically and to prioritize the completion of designated projects within the financial year.
On electricity tariff adjustments, the Union Minister clarified that household electricity meter bill rates used by the public remain unchanged and continue at the previous rates, while electricity previously used by the industrial sector can now be made available for greater public use. He further underscored the importance of ensuring that State revenues from electricity bill collection are fully secured without losses, preventing misuse, and achieving 100 per cent collection of outstanding electricity bill arrears.
In the morning, the Union Minister, together with the YESC Chair and relevant officials, arrived in Shwepyitha Township to inspect the relocation of power lines that encroached on the road area during the upgrading and expansion of No 4 Highway into an eight-lane highway. He also inspected the completion status of the relocation works, the final-stage construction of the 66-kV Hlawga-Ywama power line relocation near Kanthaya Junction, the installation of streetlight poles on traffic islands to enable street lighting along No 4 Highway, and the ongoing work to install the remaining streetlight poles.
In Toungoo, Bago Region, the Union minister inspected the completed foundation works for tower construction required to relocate the 230-kV Biluchaung (2)-Toungoo power line, which was not clear of the alignment of the new Toungoo bypass railway. They also inspected the ongoing pole installation for tower erection.
The 230 kV Biluchaung (2)– Toungoo power line crossing the new Toungoo bypass railway is reportedly being relocated using nine towers, and the overall progress of the project has currently reached 50 per cent completion. — MNA/KZL
