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The Electricity Authority of
Cambodia is legal public entity, being granted the right
from the Royal Government to be an autonomous agency to
regulate the electric power services and to govern the
relation between the delivery, receiving and use of
electricity. |
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1-Responsibility of Ministry of Industry, Mines and
Energy and Electricity Authority of Cambodia in Power
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The Ministry of Industry,
Mines and Energy (MIME) is responsible of controlling the
whole Power Sector. The Ministry has the duty to set and
administrate: Energy Policies, Electric Power strategies,
Power Development Plan, technical, safety and environmental
standard and other duties in power sector.
The Electricity Authority of Cambodia (The Authority) is
responsible for controlling the activities of electric power
services and uses. The Authority has the duty to issue,
revise, revoke or suspend the licenses for electric power
services, to approve tariff, to issue the regulations to
control, to impose penalty and to revolve the disputes
related to the electric power services and uses.
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-To set and administrate Energy Policies, |
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issue the regulations and licenses to electric power
services,
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-To set and administrate Electric Power Strategies, |
-To review the cost and approve the tariff,
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-To set and administrate Power Development Plan,
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-To resolve the dispute, |
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-To set and administrate Technical, Safety,
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-To control and impose the penalty. |
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-To set and administrate Environmental Standard,
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-Other duties. |
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2-Powers and Duties of the
Electricity Authority of Cambodia: |
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Article 7 of Electricity Law
provides to the Authority the following powers and duties:
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To issue, revise, suspend,
revoke or deny the licenses for the supply of electricity
services as provided in article 29 of this Law; |
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To approve tariff rates
and charges and terms and conditions of electric power
services of licensees, except where the Authority
consider those rates or charges and terms and conditions
are established pursuant to a competitive, market-based
process; |
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To order to implement
guidance procedures and standards for investment
programs by licensees; |
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To review the financial
activities and corporate organization structure of
licensees to the extent that these activities and
organization directly affect the operation of the power
sector and the efficiency of electricity supply;
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To evaluate and resolve
consumer complaints and contract disputes involving
licensees, to the extent that the complaints and
disputes relate to the violation of the conditions of
license; |
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To approve and enforce a
uniform system of accounts for all licensees;
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To prepare and publish
reports of power sector and relevant information
received from licensees for the benefit of the
Government and the public interest;
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To prescribe fees
applicable to licensees; |
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To determine the
procedures for informing the public about affairs within
its duties, in order to ensure that the Electricity
Authority of Cambodia complies with the principle of
transparency as set forth in Article 3 of this law;
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To issue rules and
regulations and to make appropriate orders, and to issue
temporary and permanent injunction for electric power
services; |
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To impose monetary
penalty, disconnect power supply, suspend or revoke the
license for the violations of this Law, standards and
regulations of the Electricity Authority of Cambodia;
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To require the electric
power services and the customers to obey the rules
relating to the national energy security, economic,
environment and other Government policies;
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To perform any other
function incidental or consequential to any of the
duties as describes above; and
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To establish the terms and
conditions of employment of the officers or employees
including expert/advisors of Electricity Authority of
Cambodia.
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To approve and enforce the
performance standards for licensees. |
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3-The Organization Chart of
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The Authority’s decision and
approvals on the key issues will be based on the discussion
and voting in Board Meeting. Board Meeting is the highest
decision making in EAC. Article 21 of Electricity Law has
prescribed that all members of the Authority shall have the
right to vote on all issues which are required the approval
from the board. This approval is based on the majority vote.
The Authority consists of
three members, including the Chairman.The Chairman and
members are designated and proposed by the Prime Minister
and are appointed by the Royal Decree. Each member has a
three years term except for the initial term. The term of
each member shall be staggered. The Chairman’s position is
equivalent to the rank of Secretary of State and the
position of other members is equivalent to Under Secretary
of State. All members of the Authority shall retire from the
office when they attain the age of sixty.
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here to view the organization chart of EAC
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4-The Budget of EAC: |
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The Authority has an
autonomous budget for its operation. This budget comes from
the fees paid to the Authority by applicants and licensees.
These fees are called license fee. The Authority shall
determine the license fee for each financial year. The
maximum license fees shall be determined by Sub-decree.
The budget of the Authority
shall be deposited in and account of a state bank of the
Kingdom of Cambodia. Only the Authority has the right to use
this fund. The Authority shall establish a budget of its
operating expenses for each financial year that sets forth
all the Authority’s expected revenues and expenses. The
budget shall clearly state the proposed license fees for the
financial year, together with the method of calculating the
license fees, and the salaries and other remunerations
entitlements to be paid to each of the members and senior
staff of the Authority. The Authority shall submit this
budget to the Government for review and approval.
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5-The Missions of EAC: |
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The Authority has the
following missions:
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Establish a legal and
reasonable environment in Power Sector for promoting the
fair competition in the electric power business, promoting
the long term efficient and quality investment and
motivating the private sector to play the role as the
inciter of the economic growth.
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Protect the right of the user
to receive the continuous, qualitative and adequate electric
power supply at the reasonable tariff.
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Establish the competition in
where it can be made in Power Sector.
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Establish the conditions that
the supply and use of electric power will be efficient,
qualitative, continuous and transparent. |
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