A massive North Korean energy plant that services the country’s entire capital region is in a state of “dire disrepair,” while other energy sites have been lagging behind in the construction phase for several decades now, according to a new report.

The report, released by the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Beyond Parallel project last week, detailed North Korea’s chronic electricity and power problems as its Soviet-era grids near their end. Though North Korea has touted plans to modernize its nearly-60-year-old Pyongyang Thermal Power Complex and to complete another long-overdue project called the