Financial sustainability for the electricity sector of Kyrgyzstan. The country is among only a handful of countries worldwide with average electricity prices for most households at below 1 US cent per kWh and has been attracting cryptocurrency miners, driven out of China, with its low prices for business users. This has led to major financial challenges for the electricity companies. ECA is supporting the World Bank in identifying how the utilities’ financial sustainability can be restored while recognising the need to protect low-income households.

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