Accelerated Rural Electrification Tender

Project Status Approved Source of Funding Amount Loan accelerated rural electrification projectOrdinary capital resources US 200.00 million The proposed accelerated rural electrification project will construct 48 new medium-voltage facilities including 48 substations of 663311 kilovolts kv and 715 kilometers km of 66 kv and 438 km of 33 kv distribution lines in ayeyarwady region bago east region kayin state and magway region in myanmar. The project will establish for the first time a computerized distribution automation system das to improve operational efficiency and management of the distribution systems. The project will increase electricity supply to support myanmars inclusive and sustainable development and to achieve the countrys plan of universal electricity access by 2030 as stated in the myanmar sustainable development plan 2018 - 2030. It will enable the government to electrify an additional 446000 households in more than 3300 villages in these four states and regions. The project is included in the country operations business plan 2020 - 2022. The myanmar sustainable development plan prioritizes i reliable and affordable electricity to support economic development and poverty reduction and ii universal electricity access by 2030. However to realize these objectives myanmar must overcome the core developmental problem of the power sector lack of generating capacity and insufficient and obsolete transmission and distribution infrastructure essential for reliable and adequate electricity supply to support economic development and poverty reduction. Reliable and affordable electricity supply to support socio-economic development and poverty reduction achieved myanmar sustainable development plan 2018 - 2030 and universal electricity access achieved national electrification plan 2014Capacity and operational efficiency of power distribution in central and southern myanmar increasedSector Subsector Energy electricity transmission and distribution