Key words: Electricity, Hydro power development in Laos, IPP projects in Laos, and the Greater Mekong Sub-region, energy exports. Because Laos is located in the heart of the Greater Mekong Sub-region, it plays an important role through its land-linked nature, as well as its high-voltage transmission lines development potentials. EDL: Electricite du Laos является государственным. Но ещё в декабре 2007 года Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) и Electricite du Laos (EDL) подписали договор купли-продажи мощности, в результате чего EDL будет производить около 10 МВт энергии от его южной сетки для удовлетворения небольшого спроса в Камбодже. National Strategic Plan of Laos claims that Laos will export electricity to neighboring countries such as Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. The author considers the current and in the stage of formation of investment projects aimed at the development of hydropower in Laos. And so now the country’s energy sector, especially hydropower, have a significant impact on the country’s economic growth, the formation of public policies aimed at the development of the industry, an effective domestic consumption and export, which is analyzed in the article. Electricity plays a crucial role in the national agenda for social and economic development. Therefore, the adequacy of electricity can be seen that the condition, which smoothen the socio-economic development.