Long-term sector engagement facilitated the enabling environment. ADB’s long-term focus on energy sector development has contributed to the improving electrification rates in Cambodia. Since 1992, ADB’s country strategy for Cambodia has always prioritized the energy sector (in coordination with other donors, especially the World Bank, and aligned with government interest). These efforts contributed to the 2001 Electricity Law that codified the sector's regulatory agencies. Confidence in the regulator is a key element of private sector participation in the sector. ADB has made a significant contribution to the GMS energy framework, and ADB technical assistance in the 1990s considered the feasibility of the proposed interconnection from Thailand to Battambang. ADB also extended considerable assistance to the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy; EDC; and EAC for training and capacity building as well as notable support to EAC for tariff reform and guidelines for effective monitoring of licensees. Progressive reform and development activity, to which ADB meaningfully contributed in a focused manner over several years, resulted in an environment that made it possible to attract private sector investment.
(Cambodia) Power Transmission Lines Co., Ltd., Power Transmission Project