The military council has started a new plan to provide alternating power to the cities of Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw from the beginning of this year. Yangon will be supplied with electricity for four hours on and eight hours off, while Mandalay will be supplied with electricity for three hours on and nine hours off. Even Nay Pyi Taw, the headquarters of the military council, which has never had a power cut since its establishment, will be cut off for eight hours a day.
The reason for this is that the military council can only generate about 30 percent of the electricity demand in Myanmar. As of early 2025, the country will only be able to generate around 1,800 megawatts of electricity per day. Since the country’s daily electricity demand is over 5,000 megawatts, this is only about 30 percent of the current electricity that can be produced. The country’s electricity production and distribution situation has become quite dire.
