Electrical industry of burma/myanmar

TROUBLED HISTORY OF POWER SUPPLY AT TACHILEK

Shan Herald: 25/08/06 http://www.burmanet.org/news/2006/08/25/shan-herald-agency-for-news-%e2%80%98patriotic-power-shut-down-in-tachilek/

For the fourth consecutive day Tachilek, the twin city of Maesai, has been in darkness again, three years after electricity supply from Thailand was stopped by the order of the Burma Army, according to sources from the border. This time the plant in Ponglo quarter is undergoing repairs.
The military zone north of the city, however, has not been affected by the power outage. “Actually, it was the military that got hit by the blackout,” one respected citizen explained. “But they ordered that the supply lines going into the city be redirected to the military zone.” “In a way, this is another sample of our future democracy,” he quipped, “which will be of the army, by the army, for the army.”
The plant in Ponglo quarter, set up in 2003, is undergoing emergency repairs under the supervision of five engineers summoned from Mandalay, said another source.
Before 2003, electricity to Tachilek was supplied by Thailand, at 4.75 baht (US$ 0.10) per unit. However following a series of confrontations with Thailand, Maj-Gen Khin Zaw, then commander of eastern Shan State, downgraded the purchase of power from Thailand as an ‘unpatriotic act’ and contracted the local Wai Family Electrical Production and Supplies Co.Ltd, owned by U Tar Wai, instead to supply electricity to the city, at 8 baht ($0.2) per unit, which has now gone up to 12.50 baht ($ 0.30) per unit.
U Tar Wai, said to be a close associate of Wa druglord Wei Hsuehkang, was arrested last year in connection with the Myanmar Universal Bank that was closed down in August by a military order. “He was freed later after paying Kyat 800 million ($666,000),” a Wa source told S.H.A.N. U Tar Wai reportedly was close to Maj Gen Khin Zaw, now commander of Mandalay-based Central Region Command, when he was still chief of Tachilek district between 1998-2000.
Additional references:
See below: 'Private operators meet consumer need for alternative power service' (MT: 03/02/02)

Chronology of the canceled lignite power plant at Tachilek (NLM: 10/05/00)

Phyu Nu, Eleven Media, Translation and editing by Win Htut, Undated (probably second week of September 2011). Edited and abridged. http://eversion.news-eleven.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1478:myanmar-borders-purchasing-electricity-from-china-and-thailand&catid=43:biweekly-eleven-eversion&Itemid=110

Residents in some border areas of Myanmar are buying and using electricity from China and Thailand. Among the towns buying power from China are Lweje in Kachin state and Chinshwehaw, Mongkoe, Manhiroe, Hopang, Nantphatka, Khomone, Mongyulay, Kunlon, Laukkai, Muse, Namhkham and Kyukok in Shan State North. Towns buying power from Thailand are Tachilek in Shan State East and Myawady and Phayathonesu [Three Pagoda] in Kayin State. The power that is bought from neighboring countries has to be supplied to the border areas by 12 power supply committees, it was learnt. “One unit power costs K 120. The power is generated from the Shweli Hydropower Project on the Shweli River”, said a local from Muse.

Shweli Hydropower Plant is the joint venture plant built by the state and foreign investment. It is purchased through Chinese yuan and being supplied to Muse, Nanhkham and Kyukok, it was learnt.
NLM, 17/09/03. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/03nlm/n030917.htm

At the power station in Tachilek, Lt-Gen Aung Htwe of the Ministry of Defence was briefed on the power production capacity of the station and progress in the installation of the unit system. He gave instruction to provide power to the villages around the clock and extended installation of meter boxes. The station is situated on a 24.42-acre site on Polo [Ponglo] Street in Haungleik village-tract in Tachilek. A project for ensuring all-day power supply to the town was launched on 17 April 2003. Up to 9 September, 528 meter boxes have been installed. Arrangements are being made for generating electricity with the use of the current of Mehok Creek 20 km from Tachilek.

Shan Herald, 27/06/03.

http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2003/06/28/tachilek-blasts-electricity-considered-one-causes

Whatever the political and military reasons were that led to the bomb explosions in Tachilek on 21 May that killed 4 and wrecked the statue of a Burmese hero, the jostle for the right to electricity supply among local businessmen was one issue that could not be brushed off easily, a recent informal meeting of traders in Mae Sai concluded. "The destruction of the statue of King Bayintnaung (1551-1581) was carried out simply to confuse the issues," said one. "The main object of the exercise was the Tar Wai power station, where the blast successfully damaged two of the generators." Tachilek, except for government quarters and people with private generators, is once more in the dark since the electricity plant of Wai Family Electrical Production and Supplies Co. Ltd. went out of commission during the blowup that also killed one of its workers. The Wai family station had only been in operation for less than a month, after the application of another local businessman, Sai Hseng who wanted to use meter boxes from Thailand at a cheaper rate was turned down. Instead the concession was granted to Tar Wai, who enjoys close ties with the United Wa State Army and its business firm, Hong Pang. The grant angered even the local authorities who thought they had been cheated out of their rightful shares in the spoils by Triangle Commander Brig-Gen Khin Zaw, according to a source. "As a result, there is a concerted effort by some officers at present to have him removed from eastern Shan State." Currently, U Tar Wai, U Maung Win, 58, another ethnic Chinese applicant, and an unidentified representative of the Thai power agent in Mae Sai are in Rangoon to have the issue resolved.

Asian Tribune, 21/05/03. www.burmalibrary.org/TinKyi/archives/2003-05/msg00022.html

Soon after four bombs exploded in and near Tachilek late last night and this morning, commanders of the rebel Shan State Army turned out to disclaim suggestions as to their involvement. According to the Shan Herald, the first bomb reportedly blew up at 22:00 last night, killing two policemen in the Pakook police box, 6 miles east of the town. A second went up at 03:15 am near the Myanmar Petroleum Production Enterprise (MPPE) gas station in Paliang ward, east of the Maekhao, a tributary of the Maesai, killing a civilian. The third explosion was at the King Bayintnaung statue at the center of the city at 06:45am. The blast was of such force that all windowpanes from a third-story building were smashed to pieces," informed another resident. The fourth bomb that discharged at 08:20am blew away a worker at the newly set up electricity plant near the Regina Hotel. The plant was owned by U Tar Wai, an ethnic Chinese with connections to the Wa, said the source.

Shan Herald, 30/04/03. http://www.shanland.org/general/2003/few_buy_new_electricity_meters.htm

Since an official announcement was made in Tachilek on 1 April that meter boxes from Thailand would be replaced by those from a company contracted to supply electricity to the border city, not more than 30 have been purchased by the townspeople, according to several local sources. The announcement by the township council stated that U Tar Wai, an ethnic Chinese partner of the Hongpang Co, had been engaged to provide electricity to the city and that he had obtained 3,000 meter-boxes that would have to purchased at 35,000 baht each in order to connect to the service. U Tar Wai would be using three diesel-run generators during the day time and another three at night. The charge for the service would be eight baht per unit. Sources say most residents are reluctant to procure the new meter boxes because the service charge is much higher than the five-baht rate previously charged by Thailand and because the boxes will have to replaced after only two years. Many of them have also bought their own generators since Burma cut off service from Thailand during a border confrontation between the two countries in 2002.

Moe Kyaw, IRROL, 28/06/02. http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=2407

The Burmese border town of Tachilek has been plagued by an electricity deficiency since relations between Thailand and Burma soured last month. The town's electricity is normally drawn from Mae Sai, Thailand, opposite Tachilek, but on June 9 Burma's military government issued an ordered prohibiting residents from accessing electricity from Thailand, according to a report from the Thai-based Khaosod newspaper. Since then, residents have had to rely on diesel-powered generators for their electricity. Due to the high price of fuel and the rising cost of generators, only well-to-do residents of Tachilek have been able to afford the service. The price of generators has quadrupled since the bridge was sealed, according to a Thai merchant from Mae Sai. Government offices in Tachilek are reportedly able to draw power from 6:00pm to 8:30pm with the help of government-provided generators. The United Wa State Army's (UWSA) Hong Pan Company along with Kyi Myanmar Import and Export Co Ltd are trying to setup a huge generator in order to distribute electricity in Tachilek. U Kyi Myint of the Kyi Myanmar Co has travelled to Rangoon to try to obtain the necessary business permit. Hong Pan already has a giant generator capable of providing for the town's energy needs but has been unable to move it from its location near the Tachilek airport since the border is closed. Moving the giant generator requires the use of a large crane that is currently in Thailand.

ASEAN energy centre [undated, circa 2001]

http://www.aseanenergy.org/energy_sector/electricity/myanmar/future_electricity_projects.htm

A hydropower plant with a generating capacity of 6,000 kilowatts will be constructed on the Nam Maesai, two miles west of Tachilek in Shan State East. It will supply electricity to Tachilek. Any surplus power will be exported to Thailand.

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KIO PROMISES BETTER POWER SUPPLY FOR KACHIN STATE

Khun Sam, Irrawaddy On-line, 25/08/06. http://www.irrawaddy.org/print_article.php?art_id=6097

The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) says it will be soon able to supply electricity throughout Kachin State from its hydropower projects. The ethnic ceasefire group confirmed on Thursday that the newly-completed Mali Hka hydropower plant had concluded a one-month test and would soon be able to more than double power supplies to the Kachin capital, Myitkyina.
Kumhtat Gam, the KIO’s liaison officer in Myitkina, told The Irrawaddy on Friday that power would be supplied by the state-run MEPE and the KIO-run Buga Co Ltd under the terms of a contract signed by the KIO and the Burmese government. Kumhtat Gam said the unit price of the electricity had been provisionally fixed at K 130 (less than US $ 0.10 ) for government departments, K 110 for households and street lighting and religious buildings, and K 250 ($ 0.20) for businesses.
Mali Hka hydropower plant, which took three years to build, can generate a total of 10.5 MW and will provide 5 MW to Myitkyina. The rest will be used in the construction of the KIO’s other project, Dabang Hka hydropower plant.

The announcement of the planned boost in power supplies to Myitkyina was welcome news for residents of the city, who have been hit by black-outs since flooding damaged the main power station, Chying Hkrang Hka. Kachin State also relies for electricity on two other hydropower plants—Nam Hkam Hka and Galai Jaung—run by the government.

Map references

Burma 1:250,000: Series U542, NG 47-09: Myitkyina

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-ng47-9.jpg

China 1:250,000: Series L 500, NG 47-10: T’eng Ch’ung

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/china/txu-oclc-10552568-ng47-10.jpg

The Malikha and Tabatkha [Dabak] are easily visible in the lower right hand corner of the Myitkyina map but the hydropower projects would be located on both rivers on the T’eng Ch’ung map in the hilly area east of the Bhamo – Myitkyina road. According to local sources, the Mali creek hydropower plant is located near the village of Gangdau Yang.

Additional references
Data summary: Malikha
See above: ‘China Guodian to build power station on Nam Tabat in Kachin state’ (NLM: 22/01/11)

‘Agreement signed for Upper Kachin hydropower projects’ (NLM: 02/01/07)

KNG, 07/11/11. Edited and condensed. http://www.bnionline.net/index.php/news/kng/12042

Transmission lines between the Mali power plant in south-eastern Kachin State and Myitkyina, which were cut by Burma Army artillery fire on November 1, have yet to be restored, according to KIO reports. The artillery fire damaged power poles between Lung Zep Kawng and Ga Ra Yang. On June 12, the KIO ordered the complete closure of its liaison office and the office of its Buga company which supplies power to Myitkyina for reasons of security, but the power supply was unaffected to Myitkyina and Waingmaw. The Mali power plant has been supplying 2.4 MW of electricity daily to Myitkyina and Wiangmaw since July 2006. When the plant is fully operational, it can produce 10.5 MW of electricity, said the report. The Buga Company has not been able to repair the damaged electric poles as the fighting in the area continues.

Sai Zom Hseng, IRROL, 03/11/11. Edited and condensed. http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=22383

Residents of Myitkyina say that the power has been down in the city since the evening of 01/11/11—the longest outage since the Bu Kha Company, owned by the KIO, started providing electricity in 2005-06. “Gasoline and diesel have increased 500 kyat (US $0.64) per gallon, and generators are also more expensive now,” said Naw Sai, a resident of Myitkyina. “Electricity is essential for running any sort of business, whether it's a restaurant, clinic or photography studio.” Bu Kha has told local people that the outage is due to damage to a utility pole in Wine Maw Township, caused by mortars or bombs used in the fighting between the Burmese army and the KIA, but there have also been rumors that the company has deliberately cut off supplies. Few, however, appear to believe the rumors, saying that the KIO would have nothing to gain from depriving people of electricity.

Wai Moe, IRROL, 15/06/11. Interview with La Nan, joint-secretary of the KIO, following the outbreak of armed clashes between the KIA and the Burmese Army in southern Kachin State. Excerpt. Edited. http://www.irrawaddy.org/interview_show.php?art_id=21492

Q: [As a result of the withdrawal of KIO representatives from your liason office in Myitkyina], how are you going to handle electricity distribution there as it was taken care of by the KIO?

A: Our electricity distribution prioritizes people living in Myitkyina and Waingmaw cities. We don't make any profit from the distribution, which is handled by the KIO's company Bokha (Buga) Co Ltd. Our company obtained an official permit from the then State Law and Order Restoration Council and opened an office in Myitkyina [in the 1990s]. We called back our members from that office on June 10 as well but we couldn't shut it down completely because local people [in the Myitkyina area] would be in great trouble. There are civilian employees in the office so we asked them to continue the distribution. We only withdrew our members who are in leading positions. The remaining staff are not KIO members so I don't think it will be any major risk for them to stay. We have only made losses in electricity distribution but have continued just for the comfort of local people.
KNG, 20/04/09.

http://www.bnionline.net/news/kng/6136-chinese-tycoon-imports-timber-from-northern-burma.html

Chinese business man Lau Ying, who is heavily involved in extracting teak and other hardwoods from government reserved forests along the east and west banks of the Irrawaddy in Kachin state, also distributes electricity in Laiza, the border business centre and headquarters of KIO since 2005. He has a contract to supply power poles and electric cables to the KIO's Buga Company, which supplies electricity to Myitkyina and nearby Waingmaw, according to Buga Co sources. Lau Ying is based in Yingjiang, in the Dehong prefecture of Yunnan province near the border with Burma.

KNG, 10/04/09. http://www.kachinnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=784:electric-company-worker-dies-of-electric-shock-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Laha Dau Hkawng, 19, a lineman at the Buga company's customer complaint office in Myitkyina, has died of electric shock while he was fixing a problem in the electric line at a house in Tatkone quarter in the town, said eyewitnesses. Cources close to Laha Dau Hkawng said he had been working with the company for just over two months and had little education and no training as an electrician. The customer office in Myitkyina has over 100 workers, who respond to service calls from customers but have no formal training for the work they perform. While residents of Myitkyina are pleased with the 24-hour service that Buga supplies, there have been complaints about increased costs. The company charges K160 per unit, more than three times the K50 per unit charged previously. Moreover new customers haveto pay between K 300,000 (US $291) and K1,000,000 Kyat (US $971) per house to get connected. They have to pay for everything--- poles, meter boxes, wires and electric cables, transformers, bulbs and installation fees.

KNG, 23/03/09. http://www.kachinnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=760:junta-amasses-money-while-civilians-suffer-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

At the moment, the KIO-owned Buga Company has received over K 700 million (US $ 710,660) to install electricity in people’s homes in Myitkyina. More and more houses are being lighted by Buga, said a businessman..

KNG, 30/09/08. http://chronon.com/bnion-en5/news/kng/5065-junta-orders-civilians-to-pay-electricity-charges-for-roadside-lighting.html

Residents of Myitkyina have been ordered to pay the monthly electricity bills for roadside lighting in the municipal area. A merchant in Tatkone quarter of Myitkyina said the order covers the electricity charges for the bulbs on poles along the road leading from the Balaminhtin bridge over the Irrawaddy to the headquarters of the Northern Command, a distance of about nine miles. The roadside lighting used to be paid by the Myitkyina municipal office. However, civilians in each quarter or village where the grid line crosses have now been ordered to pay the bill for the bulbs and [the costs of the electric power used] on a monthly basis. Since April this year, Myitkyina is being supplied with 24-hour electricity by the Mali Hka hydropower plant which is under the management of the KIO's Buga Company. Buga collects electricity charges in Myitkyina but it has to pay an electric meter box tax to the local office of the government's electric power company, said Buga company sources.

KNG, 17/07/08.

http://chronon.com/bnion-en5/news/kng/4513-the-kio-supplies-24-hour-electricity-in-kachin-state.html

The Mali creek hydropower project has been producing electricity on a 24-hour-a-day basis since March 2008. The achievement follows the KIO's Buga Company taking up the responsibility of producing electricity in Kachin State, a KIO source said. A Buga official said the company had signed an MoU to supply electricity to Myitkyina on 23 March 2007 and had started to produce electricity on 18 October 2007. The company is now supplying electricity in 27 quarters in Myitkyina on a round the clock basis. It has also set up 13 transformers in the city. The Buga Company sells electricity at at K 160 per kWh to which the government adds a service fee of K 50 per unit.

KNG, 11/07/08. http://bnionline.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4463&Itemid=1

Rural residents of the Myitkyina quarter Tatkone [Dapkawng] are desperate to receive an uninterrupted supply of electricity from the Mali creek hydro-power project of the KIO in Gang Dau Yang. Distribution of electricity in Myitkyina is inequitable. While some quarters in town receive electricity 24 hours a day from the Mali station, rural areas close to the city do not get regular power supply. Tatkone's (Dapkawng) residents say they have set up a committee which includes Christian religious leaders to procure electricity and have started collecting the necessary finance for uninterrupted electricity supply. Their efforts should bear fruit within a year. The KIO and local authorities claim that they have been trying to distribute electricity to the rural areas but do have the necessary infrastructure to do so, a resident added. Committee members said that if they could raise five million kyat [US$ 4,444] for the project, their first project would be to light up the main road in Tatkone. After that, they would try to get the electricity through to the households in the quarter.

KNG, 21/02/08. http://www.bnionline.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3593&Itemid=6

Residents in Lekone quarter of Myitkyina are being charged K 120,000 (US $ 99) per household to set up a pylon on the main road to connect their quarter with the city’s power supply. Most cannot afford to pay that kind of money. But those who apply for an electric meter box for their house can get it within six months. To apply for a meter box, they need recommendation letters from the authorities in the quarter. This is to prove that the house still does not have a meter box. The box has to be paid for by residents. Even if residents do get a meter box, the authorities need to set up the pylon and string the wires needed. The expensive part of getting electricity is paying for the infrastructure, according to a local resident. In Myitkyina, the KIO's Buga company provides most of the electricity to the town but most of it goes to the Burmese military army camp and its buildings.

KNG, 13/08/07. http://www.burmanet.org/news/2007/08/13/kachin-news-group-pregnant-women-give-birth-in-candle-lit-myitkyina-hospital/

Pregnant women have been giving birth to babies in the Myitkyina Government Hospital by candle light. The hospital has been without electricity for over a month, said a hospital source. The hospital's Delivery Room is lit with candles and sometimes torchlight is used during delivery and surgery, the sources added. Currently power is available to the hospital for only two hours from 7pm to 9 pm Pregnant women are expected to carry candles and a torches, a hospital worker told KNG. Although the hospital has a private electric generator it can run for only one hour daily from 11am to 12 noon to provide power for the X-Ray machine. If patients need surgery, they have to pay K 7,500 (US$ 6) per hour for the cost of electricity specially generated for the hospital's operating room by the hospital-owned generator. Shortage of electricity began when the government's Chyinghkrang river hydroelectric power plant was destroyed during flooding in May 2006. Power supply was resumed when a hydroelectric facility on Mali creek built by the KIO commenced operations in July 2006 but there are often technical problems in the plant, according to KIO officials.

NLM: 14/06/06 http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/06nlm/n060614.htm

Malichaung hydel power project in Waingmaw township will be equipped with three 3.5-MW generators.

Global Witness, A Choice for China: Ending the Destruction of Burma's Northern Frontier Forests, p. 58, Oct 2005. www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/492/en/

In 1997, the KIO initiated the construction of two large hydro-electric power stations -- the Mali creek hydropower scheme and the Dabak river dam -- to improve the electricity supply situation in Kachin State. Eight years later, in Jan 2005, the KIO was in negotiations with MEPE regarding the purchase of electricity to be generated by these plants. The Jinxin Co with bases in both Tengchong and Pianma is the largest logging company operating in Kachin State. It is this company that has been the main contractor for the construction of both dams. Work is being carried out in return for logging rights to timber in the area, worth millions of dollars. The dams are being built with the permission of the SPDC, which also gave permission for logging the upper Dabak region to pay for the schemes. Neither dam has yet been completed, despite the fact that the value of the timber already exported to China exceeds the cost of the Mali project and half that of the Dabak project. Ara La, who manages the projects, formerly a leading member of KIO, left the organization in disgrace in the wake of a corruption scandal surrounding the dam construction. Following pressure from the Yunnan provincial gov’t, Jinxin agreed in principle to complete Dabak. Whether or not Jinxin is asked to finish the Mali dam depends on their performance at Dabak. It is feared that more timber will have to be felled in order to pay for further work.

NLM, 17/01/04. http://www.myanmargeneva.org/04nlm/n040117.htm

Mali hydel power project in Waingmaw township, with a capacity of over 10 MW, and Dabut creek hydel project, with a capacity of 24 MW, are being implemented in Kachin state. The projects will contribute to the industrial development of Kachin State.

NLM, 16/01/04. http://www.myanmargeneva.org/04nlm/n040116.htm

At Bala Minhtin Bridge across the Ayeyawady river officials report to SPDC Sec’y-1 Soe Win on the implementation of the Mali hydropower project. Efforts are being made to complete the project by the end of 2004. Electricity from the 10.5-megawatt power plant will be distributed tto Myitkyina and Waingmaw.

Pan Kachin Development Society, Karen Environmental and Social Action Network, Listening to the People’s Voices, 2004, p 12. http://www.xs4all.nl/~bijstbnd/birma/birma-12.html

In 2001, the KIO hired the Hung Ki Company to build the Mali hydropower station. In return the Jahta area was given as a logging concession to the Hung Ki Company. Now the concession has been extended to two Chinese companies -- the Hung Ki and Hung Hta companies. KIO leaders have ordered local people not to do any logging in this area.

Global Witness, A Conflict of Interests: The uncertain future of Burma's forests, October 2003, p. 93. http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/113/en/

Electricity generation in Kachin state is totally inadequate. The Jinghkrang dam built by the SLORC in 1993 does not produce sufficient electricity to supply Myitkyina, let alone the rest of Kachin state, and that which is generated is prioritised to the Tatmadaw bases. Since 1997, the KIO has been involved in two hydroelectric power schemes, the Mali creek hydropower scheme and the Dabak river dam, to increase electricity generation in the state. This would increase the rate of development and provide for the needs of nascent industries in the area. In terms of the timber trade this could mean an increase in processing capacity and the manufacture of value added timber products. However, it is far from clear whether there would be a ready market for such value added products;

NLM, 11/04/01. http://www.myanmargeneva.org/01nlm/n010411.htm

SPDC Secretary No 1 Khin Nyunt and party were welcomed by KIO leaders, officials of the Bugar Co, members of the national races and local people. Officials reported on the targets and benefits of the Mali and Dabat hydro-electric power projects. Afterwards, Secretary No 1 and party met with KIO Chairman La Mon Tu Jai and national leaders, officials of Bugar Co and local people. They were introduced to officials of Mali hydro-electric power project. Secretary-1 said the Dabat and Mali power projects were the result of the KIO's endeavours for the local people's interests. Electric-powered home industries and commercial-scale industries would emerge not only in Myitkyina and Waingmaw but also in the villages in the area.

NLM, 27/05/97. www.ibiblio.org/obl/reg.burma/archives/199705/msg00006.htm

Minister for Energy U Khing Maung Thein and the Northern Commander Maj-Gen Kyaw Win visited Dunban [Tumbang] Creek [=Malikha] in Waingmaw township where a hydel power project is to be implemented. Assistant Chief Engineer Aung Koe Shwe reported on the project. The Dunban creek hydel power project will generate 45 million kWh a year.

ASEAN energy centre [undated, circa 2001]

http://www.aseanenergy.org/energy_sector/electricity/myanmar/future_electricity_projects.htm

A hydropower plant with a generating capacity of 6,000 kilowatts will be constructed on the Tumbangkha [= Mali creek] 40 miles southeast of Waingmaw in Kachin state. It will supply electricity to Myitkyina and Waingmaw.

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