1.4 Electricity Fifty-four percent of households had access to some form of electricity in both 2015 and 20164. The proportion of households that did not have access to electric power supply remained constant at 46%. However, among those who did have electricity, the source changed somewhat. The government power supply was the main power source in both years, while a smaller portion of households used other power sources such as commercially owned private generators and solar energy. But between 2015 to 2016, there was a five percent shift away from such sources towards the government electric supply (i.e. people who used other sources got connected to the grid) (Figure 13). This shift happened in rural areas, indicating the extension of the grid by the government to areas previously unreached (Figure 10 inset, Figure 14). 2015 46% 2016 40% 46% Primary source of lighting for ‘Other’ sources of electric power (% of those with access to “other’ sources) 45% Other 4% Rechargeable batteries 4% Solar 14% 9% Commercialized privately owned generators Yes, has access to government electric power supply s access to government Yes, has access to other electric power supply Yes, both No Figure 13: Access to electric power supply (% of households) 4 Note: According to WB data for 2012, 52.4% of the population (as opposed to households, which our data describes) had access to electricity. 3 Note: Myanmar Census refers to “Main Source of Lighting” (where electricity is one of the options) therefore, this data cannot be compared with LIRNEasia survey data. 28 ICTs in Myanmar: 2016 24% 68%