Upgrade your membership plan for the full website experience.
View Membership Plans
October 13, 2023

Strides in the Cambodian Energy Sector

Authored by
renewable energy
renewable energy
October 13, 2023

Cambodia’s energy supply has grown nine-fold in the past 15 years, from 490 megawatts (MW) in 2008 to 4,495 MW in 2022. Growth in the energy sector is a result of increasing investment in energy infrastructure development. According to a report from the Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC), energy supply in 2022 increased by 12.6 percent from 3,990 megawatts a year earlier.

Yem Piseth, Director-General of EAC, said that Cambodia produced nearly 80 percent of its electricity, while importing only 20 percent from Laos, Vietnam and Thailand. Piseth also stressed that the consumption of energy is below the electricity output, resulting in an energy surplus. Thus, Cambodia has the capacity to generate more energy. Electricity is essential for the development of industries, handicrafts, trade, agriculture, and tourism, which are the key pillars of Cambodia’s economic growth. 

Join the Council to continue reading this article
Enhance your business impact in Southeast Asia: Become a member of the US-ASEAN Business Council and tap into a network of possibilities.
Free Related Articles

Membership Plans

Corporate Council

Corporate membership provides general advocacy support, access to all country- and industry-specific updates, and access to most Council events.

  • Business missions to all 10 ASEAN markets which engage governments at the highest levels.
  • Off-the-record roundtables and policy briefings with senior government leaders in ASEAN and the U.S.
  • On-the-ground support for promoting your positions/policy priorities with policy makers.
  • Industry-specific, country-specific, cross-sector and regional advocacy through committees that target their engagement based on member priorities.
  • Advocacy on your behalf in situations where your company should not be directly identified or is unable to be present.

Chairman’s Council

Corporate membership provides general advocacy support, access to all country- and industry-specific updates, and access to most Council events.

  • All Corporate benefits.
  • Assistance with resolving company-specific trade or investment issues through our six regional offices and U.S.-based staff.
  • Develop effective advocacy strategies to impact policy concerns.
  • Identification of, and engagement with appropriate policy influencers to impact policy concerns.
  • Assistance in conducting follow-up after engaging government leaders (can include providing officials with additional materials, setting up meetings with their staff, getting a readout of the government’s reaction to the discussion).
  • Support for developing arguments that will resonate with target stakeholders.
  • Leading and setting the agenda and policy priorities of the Country and Industry Committees.