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Zesa pledges a power cut-free festive season
14 Dec 2014 at 12:24hrs | Views
Zesa subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Transmission Company, says its Christmas gift will be a power cut-free festive season.
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority Holdings spokesperson Mr Fullard Gwasira said the power company would ease loading-shedding as most industries would shut down for the Christmas holiday.
"During the festive season, the major part of industry would be closed and more supplies of electricity would be channelled towards domestic consumers, this position will also ease load shedding and our valued consumers will enjoy their festivities," he said.
Mr Gwasira said the electricity cuts being experienced in some parts of the country were due to technical faults.
"Our customers should realise that we are already in the rainy season and power supply infrastructure is adversely affected by lightning strikes, trees falling on power lines and water seeping into underground cables among other factors hence causing unplanned power supply interruptions," he said.
Zimbabwe, during peak periods, is estimated to require about 2 200MW of electricity against installed generation capacity of about 1 200MW, with the shortfall imported from regional power utilities. Government, through the Zimbabwe Power Company, has begun expanding Kariba South Hydro Power Station and Hwange Thermal Power Station to boost electricity generation.
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority Holdings spokesperson Mr Fullard Gwasira said the power company would ease loading-shedding as most industries would shut down for the Christmas holiday.
"During the festive season, the major part of industry would be closed and more supplies of electricity would be channelled towards domestic consumers, this position will also ease load shedding and our valued consumers will enjoy their festivities," he said.
Mr Gwasira said the electricity cuts being experienced in some parts of the country were due to technical faults.
"Our customers should realise that we are already in the rainy season and power supply infrastructure is adversely affected by lightning strikes, trees falling on power lines and water seeping into underground cables among other factors hence causing unplanned power supply interruptions," he said.
Zimbabwe, during peak periods, is estimated to require about 2 200MW of electricity against installed generation capacity of about 1 200MW, with the shortfall imported from regional power utilities. Government, through the Zimbabwe Power Company, has begun expanding Kariba South Hydro Power Station and Hwange Thermal Power Station to boost electricity generation.
Source - Sunday Mail
