Editing Kigali (section)

===Power===
Kigali's electricity supply was, until the early 2000s, generated almost entirely from [[hydroelectric]] sources; power stations on Lakes [[Lake Burera|Burera]] and [[Lake Ruhondo|Ruhondo]] provided 90 per cent of Rwanda's electricity.{{sfn|World Resources Report|2011|p=3}} A combination of below average rainfall and human activity, including the draining of the [[Rugezi wetlands]] for cultivation and grazing, caused the two lakes' water levels to fall from 1990 onwards; by 2004 levels were reduced by 50 per cent, leading to a sharp drop in output from the power stations.{{sfn|World Resources Report|2011|p=5}} Coupled with this, demand had been increasing since the 1980s as the economy grew, particularly in Kigali.{{sfn|World Resources Report|2011|pp=3–4}} In 2003–04, the national electricity company was forced to reduce output from the power stations, necessitating widespread [[loadshedding]].{{sfn|World Resources Report|2011|pp=4–5}} As an emergency measure, the government installed [[diesel generator]]s north of the city; by 2006 these were providing 56 per cent of the country's electricity, but were very costly.{{sfn|World Resources Report|2011|p=5}} Power outages remained a frequent occurrence in the late 2010s.<ref name="newt_Rwf1">{{Cite web |title=Rwf17.6 billion power substation inaugurated |last=Bizimungu |first=Julius |work=[[The New Times (Rwanda)|The New Times]] |date=28 September 2018 |access-date=15 February 2021 |url= https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/rwf176-billion-power-substation-inaugurated}}</ref> This prompted the government and national supplier [[Rwanda Energy Group]] to invest in a programme of new peat-fired, hydroelectric, and methane power stations across Rwanda as well as the construction and repair of power lines.<ref name="newt_Kiga">{{Cite web |title=Kigali to enjoy uninterrupted electricity supply – REG chief |work=[[The New Times (Rwanda)|The New Times]] |date=5 September 2017 |access-date=15 February 2021 |url= https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/219267}}</ref> As of 2018, 82 per cent of Kigali's households had access to electricity, with the government targeting 100 per cent provision within seven years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electricity access in Rwanda quadrupled in the last 7 years as more households get connected |publisher=[[Rwanda Energy Group]] |date=1 January 2018 |access-date=15 February 2021 |url= https://www.reg.rw/media-center/news-details/news/electricity-access-in-rwanda-quadrupled-in-the-last-7-years-as-more-households-get-connected/}}</ref> Most of these households are supplied by Rwanda's [[wide area synchronous grid]], with only between 2 and 4 per cent of households in the three districts relying on off-grid access in 2020.<ref name="reg._Offg">{{Cite web |title=Offgrid |publisher=[[Rwanda Energy Group]] |date=April 2020 |access-date=15 February 2021 |url= https://www.reg.rw/what-we-do/access/offgrid/}}</ref>