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Mining Firms To Be Included In Load Shedding
ZESCO says plans are underway to include mining firms in the load shedding exercise to preserve the available power until November when rains are expected to start.
And Zesco has refuted claims that the intensified load shedding being experienced countrywide is as a result of inferior equipment at Kariba North Bank and Kafue Gorge, purportedly acquired from China.
Sensitising Livingstone residents on Tuesday on the current power deficit, Zesco senior manager for transmission Julius Kapembwa said participation of the mines is key in alleviating the burden on other electricity consumers.
“Currently, the mines consume about 48 percent of the total national demand. The process to engage the mines and other stakeholders to work out modalities, as per objective, has already started,” he said.
A task team comprising technical experts from Zesco, Copperbelt Energy Corporation, the Chamber of Mines and Energy Regulation Board has been constituted to determine the optimal process under which the mines can participate in the power rationing to mitigate the crisis.
Mr Kapembwa said Zesco is also having discussions with farmers, especially wheat growers, to see how best the company can mitigate their concerns on the power deficit.
“We are mindful that sectors such as the mines and agriculture have an impact on the economy, and the exercise must be done in a manner that operations are not disrupted,” he said.
Responding to residents who demanded the truth on what has caused the current power deficit, Mr Kapembwa said there is nothing sinister with what Zesco is doing.
He said equipment installed at Kafue Gorge Power Station and Kariba North Bank during the Power Rehabilitation Programme (PRP) was acquired from France, while installation works were carried out by a Chinese firm.
“It would be folly to remove equipment that is of high standard and replace it with inferior quality. PRP was completed a couple of years ago,” Mr Kapembwa said.
He said people are free to visit the two institutions and verify the source of the said equipment.
Mr Kapembwa said the reduction in power generation has been necessitated by low water levels in the reservoirs supplying the two major power stations.
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Pwanya Nini
July 16, 2015 at 3:37 pm
Mr Kapembwa aid equipment installed at Kafue Gorge Power Station and Kariba North Bank during the Power Rehabilitation Programme (PRP) was acquired from France, while installation works were carried out by a Chinese firm.
“It would be folly to remove equipment that is of high standard and replace it with inferior quality. PRP was completed a couple of years ago,” Mr Kapembwa said.
SO F^CK HH & HIS DWAGZ ZWD…
New Educated Zambia©❤
July 18, 2015 at 10:54 am
Typical pf cadre. Kikiki
Chief of Grief
July 16, 2015 at 4:04 pm
Thats sum shody move u tryin to pull if u ask me!Its lyk digin yoself out of a ditch!Am sure their’re othr avenues u can look into in ordr to ration nkani yamalaiti.
New Educated Zambia© ❤
July 16, 2015 at 7:02 pm
Patriotic Front, keeping zambia in the darkness since 2011. A bunch of useless fools who have grown fat within a few years of power. Busy enriching their greedy selves. 2016 can we please remove these fools
Hello Haters
July 16, 2015 at 7:49 pm
Awaiting for the response from the mining firms, that’s when i will give a precise comment.
Dolika
July 17, 2015 at 9:23 pm
emwe stop your nonsense ,there is more than enough water mu Zambezi river,i have worked on that river for many year and the lowest it gets is around october no-matter how much rains we get,so stop your bullshit about water levels.
man chilu
July 18, 2015 at 10:45 am
Pf hav failed 2 deliver
man chilu
July 18, 2015 at 10:47 am
Let’s try HH 2016
New Educated Zambia©❤
July 18, 2015 at 10:51 am
We welcome you with open arms. We thank you
Mank
July 18, 2015 at 9:14 pm
will hh give us enough rainfall? Is he God? Lets stop this nosense and seek correct information frm zesco. They are not mad to give wrong data.