Cabinet ministers set to tour hydropower stations amid power deficit concerns

By Emmanuel Lungu May 24, 2024

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Three Cabinet Ministers are set to tour ZESCO’s hydropower stations on Friday to assess the impact of reduced water levels on electricity generation at these facilities.

The Board and Management of ZESCO Limited announced that the ministers visiting are Minister of Energy Peter Kapala, Minister of Water Development and Sanitation, Mike Mposha, and Minister of Information and Media Cornelius Mweetwa.

In a statement issued in Lusaka on Thursday, ZESCO stated that the tour would focus on two key hydropower stations: the Kafue Gorge Power Station in Namalundu, with an installed 990 megawatts generation capacity, and the Kariba North Bank Complex in Siavonga, with an installed generation capacity of 1080 megawatts.

Read More: <strong>ZESCO insists hike in electricity tariffs would be implemented as approved by ERB</strong></a></p><p>“This visit comes amid Zambia’s current power deficit, caused by critically low water levels in hydropower generation reservoirs,” ZESCO stated.</p><p>The corporation indicated that severe drought, attributed to El Nino, had significantly impacted electricity generation.</p><p>“As of 19 May 2024, the country’s power deficit stands at 750 megawatts as announced by the government,” the statement revealed.</p><p>The Minister of Energy was expected to update the nation about the hydropower situation and the mitigation steps the government was taking to address energy sufficiency and reliability in the immediate, short, medium and long term.</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>WARNING!</strong></span> All rights reserved. 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