Nam Theun 2, a hydropower project [in Laos]...will be owned and operated by...the Nam Theun 2 Power Company...Nam Theun's 450-square-kilometer...reservoir will drown Sop Hia and neighboring hamlets..., displacing 6,000 indigenous villagers and affecting the livelihoods of 100,000 other people. The power company [is] a consortium led by...Électricité de France [EDF] and including two Thai companies [Italthai (Italian-Thai Development Public Company), EGAT (Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand)] and the Laotian government [Electricité du Laos]... "...[As] a part-owner, the Laos government has no incentive to minimize revenue by accurately accounting for compensation and environmental mitigation needs," said Gráinne Ryder...[of] Probe International, an independent environmentalist organization.