Comments on: We need more expensive electricity

By: Mango

Mango — Tue, 14 May 2024 05:13:34 +0000

Theories cannot power the nation. Unless ma practical measure such as stop selling to South Africa

By: Kaumba Christopher

Kaumba Christopher — Mon, 13 May 2024 04:30:04 +0000

I suggest we go solar

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 12 May 2024 18:54:43 +0000

ZESCO is inefficient and some of the rising cost has been the result of these inefficiencies. The last Kariba rehab works undertaken by PF Chinese contractor installed large turbines than needed that use more water to work. The gates were also made too big water is just wasted. ZIMBABWE SIDE IS EVEN WORSE. That’s why one drought has thrown them out of commission. Junior ZESCO engineers warned management about the consequence. Low water levels affecting power generation should have occurred in September/October not April. ZESCO/ZRA may need to pump water from downstream back into the dam to survive until December. Who will be held accountable for this national tragedy?

By: Kwasa Kwasa

Kwasa Kwasa — Sun, 12 May 2024 05:23:37 +0000

In reply to Razor.

Razor, Zambia has been in a power deficit since 2007. ZESCO has had all the time in the world to do everything you are saying but zero results because of bad leaders and that won’t change anytime soon. So you think things magically improve with wishful thinking? And you can’t even see the irony in your point, because load shedding leads to even more charcoal usage than expensive electricity.

By: JJ

JJ — Sat, 11 May 2024 21:04:45 +0000

It looks like the writer has been paid to campaign for ZESCO by hearing the comments from the readers Otherwise this article is USELESS

By: Pascals

Pascals — Sat, 11 May 2024 18:55:27 +0000

ZESCO please, we have accepted your 12 hour loadshedding but can you sort out this mess of daily blackouts outside load shedding schedule after restoration of power in Mtendere /PHI. We have endured 12hours of no power the whole day but literally every evening we have to lose supply including now. Does this area have an MP. Do something

By: Pascal

Pascal — Sat, 11 May 2024 18:54:06 +0000

By: Gamoto

Gamoto — Sat, 11 May 2024 18:47:29 +0000

I hear you and we pay what ever ZESCO dictates, but here in Mtendere PHI area, we have intermittent power supply every night after loadshedding. Even now this evening, power came around 20hrs after going at 8hrs in the morning but its gone again after 10 minutes only and this is a daily event with no word from anybody even with daily complaints from customers and ERB thinks their job is to just announce fuel adjustments only.

By: Razor

Razor — Sat, 11 May 2024 14:53:41 +0000

If we double the tariffs its not only individual customers that will be burdened but the cost of bread would increase, the cost of production would increase, the manufacturing sector would need to increase prices to factor in increased costs, so even basic commodities like cooking oil, mealie meal, sugar etc would be affected. Charcoal use would increase so will deforestation. Therefore we don’t need expensive electricity 24 hours a day but cheaper electricity 24 hours a day and to achieve that we need ZESCO to cut their costs since a majority of their income goes towards renumeration and funding politicians.

By: Independent

Independent — Sat, 11 May 2024 13:51:39 +0000

Load shedding is due to consumer demand exceeding the generating capacity of our energy assets.
Zambians need to understand even if Kariba dam levels were at full capacity today only about 50% of our population has access to the grid currently .If 90%+ of Zambias population got access the grid , even a full kariba dam and a full itezhitezhi dam would still be inadequate to provide water to generate enough power to meet the high demand.
Zambia needs investments in new generating assets (Solar, Hydro, wind, coal, HFO etc). HOWEVER, the low electricity tarrifs in Zambia wont attract any meaningful investment funds. Selling electricity to local consumers is not PROFITABLE with the current tarrif rates.