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ZESCO To End Load-Shedding By Wednesday
he Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) has disclosed that the country will experience reduced load shedding in the next two days when repair works on the Kariba North bank power station are completed.
Late last month, Kariba North bank power station experienced a mechanical failure while Unit five (5) at Kafue Gorge power station was also undergoing repair works after developing a fault.
ZESCO Principal Public Relations Officer Yammie Zimba told ZANIS in Lusaka today that the power utility company was working tirelessly to rectify the faulty machines.
Ms. Zimba said Unit Four (4) at Kariba North station, which is being repaired, was expected to resume running this Wednesday.
She urged customers to take responsibility by switching off unnecessary loads such as geysers and lighting when not needed for use.
Ms. Zimba attributed the recent intermittent power supply in the country to failure of large generating units at the two power stations.
She explained that the thrust bearing failed on unit 5 at Kafue Gorge while the combined bearing top cover bolts got snapped at unit 4 at Kariba North Bank Power Station thereby leading to the downtime of the two machines.
She added that this subsequently led to a flat deficit of 345 Mega Watts (MW) as opposed to about 70 MW deficit at peak time when all the machines are operating at full capacity.
Ms. Zimba has since assured the country that there will be reduced load-shedding now that the machine at Kafue was operational and the other at Kariba will soon be running.
Recently, ZESCO apologised to the nation for the unplanned load shedding of electricity which was a result of mechanic failures at Kafue Gorge and Kariba North Bank respectively.
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on March 4, 2013. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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Seleloko
March 4, 2013 at 6:29 pm
This means that this week’s load shedding will end on Wednesday, then resume next week and continue on indefinitely!
mimi
March 4, 2013 at 7:10 pm
foolish ZESCO…right now there is no power in kabwata.
robyfast
March 4, 2013 at 9:18 pm
Zes-coal go 2 hell. wat will u improve on wedsday? Even b4 breakdown loadishading was rampant. If I hear zes-coal saying nyo nyo nyo tarrif increase will seek audience with PF.
madaliso
March 4, 2013 at 9:40 pm
Which wednesday 4th march 2013 ar they toking abt?2day is monday 04 march 2013..muleposako amano!!
Muntu Na Muntu
March 4, 2013 at 9:40 pm
Hope so. Lets hope it not just false hope from jesuit and ritualist Frank Bwalya.
Seleloko
March 4, 2013 at 10:19 pm
Disclaimer: the above article does not mean what it says and should not be taken literally. We can’t lie to you directly as we risk losing our jobs, so we come up with innovative and entertaining ways of telling lies, such as the one above.
bashi mizo
March 5, 2013 at 12:26 am
not only reducing on loadsheding, improve on service delivery especialy in nakonde zesco branch pipo have paid no connection poles,cables and accesories but nothing is happing wake up b4 acc visists u chaps
Cape town Western
March 5, 2013 at 7:50 am
Foolish. Zesco u Are just moron
bashi mizo
March 5, 2013 at 9:39 am
not being efficient and effective,causing nakonde pipo to go charcoal as the source of energy we need power pls. why are you not connecting wen all the resources are avalaible, if nakonde zesco branch cant manage to do so,we humbly ask zesco hq interven in the matters pls .
Chanda
March 5, 2013 at 10:23 am
Mule yikalafye mwalifilwa. Incompetent ZESCO.
SEKOPONOKE
March 6, 2013 at 8:13 am
Zesco very good at putting shingamayela on pipo’s faces with nonsensical load shedding!!!
mgm
March 7, 2013 at 8:11 pm
bane mwilalota if loto akasuba mwamfwa palast mukulota na mufwaa pant zesco babufi ta mwakwatafye ifya kulanda