Zambia’s power utility company ZESCO Limited has disclosed that it is currently assessing additional load shedding hours for all its customers owing to the loss of 130MW of power from the national grid.
The company had on August 08,2020 announced to its customers and the general public that is that there is a loss of 130MW of power from the national grid owing to a technical failure on one unit hence creating variations in adherence to the current load shedding hours until the situation is normalized.
And when contacted for further details regarding this fault, ZESCO Public Relations Manager Hazel Zulu told the Zambian Business Times – ZBT in an interview that ZESCO is preparing a report which will indicate estimated loss amount in revenue terms, additional load shedding hours from the current 10 hours per day and the duration in which the situation is expected to normalize.
In a statement released earlier, ZESCO has ensured its customers that it is working round the clock to assess the impact of the deficit.
She said the power utility company will further ensure that customers and the general public are kept informed on the implications of this development on the current load shedding schedule.
“We would like to thank our customers for their cooperation and patience and urge them to continue employing energy efficient initiatives such as completely switching off appliances when not in use, migrating to the use of energy efficient lighting and using gas for cooking,” She said
Hazel added that these power saving initiatives will help both the corporation and customers to jointly manage the current power deficit and ensure that the available power is shared equitably amongst all customers.
