reliable electricity

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meaningsofreliableandelectricity

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reliable
adjective
uk
/rɪˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/us
/rɪˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/
Someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or believed because he, she, or it works or behaves well in the way ...
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electricity
noun[U]
uk
/ˌel.ɪkˈtrɪs.ə.ti/us
/iˌlekˈtrɪs.ə.t̬i/
a form of energy that can be produced in several ways and that provides power to devices that create light, ...
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(Definition ofreliableandelectricityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For many years, it has not had areliableelectricitysupply.
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Now that we do, we can take matters in hand to secure a morereliableelectricitysupply and, thereby, a supply of pure fresh water.
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If she will make a statement on the prospects forreliableelectricitysupplies this winter.
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This was seen as the only solution for an efficient andreliableelectricitysupply given the natural monopoly nature of this sector.
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It has a veryreliableelectricityand telecommunications sector.
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However, the town lacked tarred roads and areliableelectricitysupply.
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With some 1.4 billion people withoutreliableelectricity; 900 million lacking access to clean water and 2.6 billion without adequate sanitation, action is urgently needed to address these persistent challenges.
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While slums differ in size and other characteristics from country to country, most lack reliable sanitation services, supply of clean water,reliableelectricity, timely law enforcement and other basic services.
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Perhaps most importantly, though, he cited the lack ofreliableelectricityas one of the highest hurdles impeding broadband growth both in rural communities and nationwide.
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Many households lackreliableelectricity, and running water is intermittent in the village (usually available for only 30 minutes per day), due to both high elevation and lack of infrastructure.
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Majority of the government-owned sewage treatment plants remain closed most of the time in part because of the lack ofreliableelectricitysupply to operate the plants.
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