Electricite du Laos

Electricite du Laos (EDL) is a state-owned corporation under the Ministry for Energy and Mines which owns and operates the country’s main

Electricite du Laos (EDL) is a state-owned corporation under the Ministry for Energy and Mines which owns and operates the country’s main generation, transmission and distribution assets in Lao PDR, and manages electricity imports into its grids and exports from its stations. EDL also has a project development role and has been the implementing agency for government hydropower power projects and in the case of IPP projects is the Government’s shareholder. It has been past practice for EdL to take over from MEM the responsibility for a project once a shareholders’ agreement is executed and the project loans are closed.