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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.08,0:00:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,$10,000 - that's the price Pyi Rar and her fellow villagers were told to pay
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.54,0:00:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they wanted electricity in their small community
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.43,0:00:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Eastern Myanmar's Kaya state.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.82,0:00:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She used her local money lender to raise her $80 share
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.59,0:00:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- a huge amount in this impoverished region.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.19,0:00:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ten months later there's still no power
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.83,0:00:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and authorities say villagers have to come up \Nwith more cash if they want to get connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.81,0:00:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we had electricity, we could cook and \Nuse computers and the children could study.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.29,0:00:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I attended a computer class, but I can't\Npractice at home without power.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.34,0:00:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only 30% of Myanmar's 51 million \Npeople had access to electricity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.30,0:00:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even major cities see regular power cuts\Nwhich have ignited frustration and protests.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.66,0:00:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The government says it wants everyone \Nto have electricity by the year 2030.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.73,0:01:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at many parts of urban areas, \Nactually the rate would go as high as 75%.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.45,0:01:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, then, for the average to be 30%
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.92,0:01:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to indeed consider that in many \Nrural areas this could be extremely low.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.38,0:01:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those in rural and ethnic minority areas\Npower projects have long been associated
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.37,0:01:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with land loss and conflict, not electricity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.86,0:01:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hydropower already provides most\Nof the energy in Myanmar.