The Ministry of Mines and Energy announced that by the end of this year, 88% of villages and 75% of households nation-wide will have access to electricity. The lack of available, cheap electricity has been a major drag on the country’s development and industrialization. The ultimate goal is for 100% electrification by 2020, with the power coming from hydropower plants, coal-fired plants, and some biomass-fired plants and solar farms. It’s an ambitious goal but a vitally important one.