Editing Dili (section)

====Electricity====

In the early years of UN rule, electricity was provided by the Comoro power station, which has a 16 MW diesel generator. By 2004, there were 23,000 connections in the city creating a demand of 12.5 MW. At the time, Dili was the only location in Timor-Leste with 24-hour electricity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/29761/power-sector-plan-timor-leste.pdf |title=Power Sector Development Plan For Timor-Leste |publisher=Asian Development Bank |date=September 2004 |access-date=30 June 2021 |pages=3, 9–10 |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806131750/https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/29761/power-sector-plan-timor-leste.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="JICA2011"/>{{rp|x}}<ref name="SDP2011"/>{{rp|87}} Electricity demand peaked from 19:00 to 22:00.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mof.gov.tl/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/A_Joint_Ministry_of_Finance_and_World_Bank_Report_on_Timor-Leste_Public_Expenditure_Review_Infrastructure.pdf |title=Comoro Power Station Environmental Management Plan |publisher=Electricidade de Timor-Leste |date=18 June 2004 |access-date=30 June 2021 |page=4 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181401/https://www.mof.gov.tl/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/A_Joint_Ministry_of_Finance_and_World_Bank_Report_on_Timor-Leste_Public_Expenditure_Review_Infrastructure.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2009, Comoro was producing 32 MW,<ref name="MOF2015"/>{{rp|153}} and by the year after that 92.3% of Dili's households used electricity for lighting purposes.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|2–17}} Cooking remained carried out using firewood by 66.2% of households, with electricity being used by just 10.1%.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|2–18}} Non-payment of electricity bills has caused some funding problems. In 2011, only 40% of commercial recipients of electricity paid their electricity bills.<ref name="SDP2011"/>{{rp|87}}

In November 2011, the diesel generators at the new Hera Power Station became operational, producing 119 MW.<ref name="MOF2015"/>{{rp|145–146}} This replaced the operations of the Comoro station, with Hera able to produce electricity using 17% less fuel.<ref name="MOF2015"/>{{rp|153}} A new substation was created to supply Dili,<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|I-12}} and transmission lines link Dili to other cities and towns along the northern coast,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dfdl.com/resources/news/the-future-of-hydropower-development-in-timor-leste/ |title=The future of hydropower development in Timor Leste |publisher=DFDL |date=6 May 2015 |access-date=30 June 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182252/https://www.dfdl.com/resources/news/the-future-of-hydropower-development-in-timor-leste/ |url-status=live }}</ref> part of a ring surrounding the country.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|5–39}} As of 2016, Dili's peak power demand reached 42.11 MW.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|I-12}} The development of electricity infrastructure since independence has significantly reduced electricity costs, which moved from 249c per [[kilowatt-hour]] in 2002 to 5c per kilowatt-hour in 2014.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|I-13}}