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===Electricity=== The government-owned [[TANESCO|Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited]] (TANESCO) dominates the electric supply industry in Tanzania.<ref name="EWURA-El">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ewura.go.tz/public-access-register/consumer-complaints/electricity/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023170705/http://www.ewura.go.tz/newsite/index.php/2012-03-09-08-22-52/electricity|url-status=dead|title=Electricity|archivedate=23 October 2014}}</ref> The country generated 6.013 billion [[kilowatt hours]] (kWh) of electricity in 2013, a 4.2 percent increase over the 5.771 billion kWh generated in 2012.<ref name="BudEx">{{cite web| url = http://www.mof.go.tz/mofdocs/budget/Budget%20Execution%20Report/BER%20January%20-%20March%202014%20Final.pdf| title = "Quarterly Economic Review and Budget Execution Report for Fiscal Year 2013/14: January–March 2014", Tanzania Ministry of Finance, May 2014, accessed 11 November 2014| access-date = 10 December 2014| archive-date = 11 November 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141111084258/http://www.mof.go.tz/mofdocs/budget/Budget%20Execution%20Report/BER%20January%20-%20March%202014%20Final.pdf| url-status = dead}}</ref>{{rp|page 4}} Generation increased by 63 percent between 2005 and 2012;<ref name="2012Elec"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iea.org/statistics/statisticssearch/report/?country=TANZANIA&product=electricityandheat&year=2005|title=IEA – Report|access-date=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026122145/http://www.iea.org/statistics/statisticssearch/report/?year=2005&country=TANZANIA&product=ElectricityandHeat|archive-date=26 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> however, only 15 percent of Tanzanians had access to electric power in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS|title=Access to electricity (% of population) | Data|website=data.worldbank.org}}</ref> Almost 18 percent of the electricity generated in 2012 was lost because of theft and transmission and distribution problems.<ref name="2012Elec">{{cite web|url=http://www.iea.org/statistics/statisticssearch/report/?year=2012&country=TANZANIA&product=ElectricityandHeat|title=IEA – Report|access-date=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828102429/http://www.iea.org/statistics/statisticssearch/report/?year=2012&country=TANZANIA&product=ElectricityandHeat|archive-date=28 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The electrical supply varies, particularly when droughts disrupt hydropower electric generation; rolling blackouts are implemented as necessary.<ref name="frame"/>{{rp|page 1251}}<ref name="EWURA-El"/> The unreliability of the electrical supply has hindered the development of Tanzanian industry.<ref name="frame"/>{{rp|page 1251}} In 2013, 49.7 percent of Tanzania's electricity generation came from natural gas, 28.9 percent from hydroelectric sources, 20.4 percent from thermal sources, and 1.0 percent from outside the country.<ref name="BudEx"/>{{rp|page 5}} The government is building a {{convert|532|km|mi}} gas pipeline from [[Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park|Mnazi Bay]] to Dar es Salaam, with a scheduled completion in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201409221366.html | title=Tanzania: Gas Connection to Dar Houses Faces Hurdles | website=allafrica.com}}</ref> This pipeline is expected to allow the country to double its electricity generation capacity to 3,000 megawatts by 2016.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201409170608.html | title=Tanzania: Govt Signs Gas Supply Deal to Double Power Generation | website=allafrica.com }}</ref> The government's goal is to increase capacity to at least 10,000 megawatts by 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gst.go.tz/images/TANZANIA%20ELECTRICITY%20SUPPLY%20INDUSTRY%20REFORM%20STRATEGY%20%26%20ROADMAP.pdf |title=Electricity Supply Industry Reform Strategy and Roadmap 2014–2025, Tanzania Ministry of Energy and Minerals, 30 June 2014, page i, accessed 26 October 2014 |access-date=10 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324111701/http://gst.go.tz/images/TANZANIA%20ELECTRICITY%20SUPPLY%20INDUSTRY%20REFORM%20STRATEGY%20%26%20ROADMAP.pdf |archive-date=24 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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