Malawians should brace for more blackouts—Egenco
Malawians should brace for prolonged hours of blackouts to what Electicity Generation Company Limited (Egenco) attributes to continued dwindling of water flows in the Shire River and Lake Malawi.
Kapichira Hydro electric power station acting manager Harry Msosa briefing reporters on Saturday when the Natural Resources and Climate Change Commiteee of Parliament visited the station in Chikwawa , that the company is not fairing well in power production.
“For the past two months , there was an improvement in frequency of load shedding because of the rainfall we had last rainy season,” Msosa said.
He said the frequent and prolonged power outages would continue to worsen until the onset of the rains later in the year.
“For us to generate electricity at its full capacity of 351.74 megawatts, we require 230 cumecs as compared to the current 172 cumecs,” he said.
The parliamentary committee visited the power staion to appreciate why the country was still facing blackouts.
Egenco, Msosa disclosed, is currently working use its dredgers to remove silt from the intake ponds to restore their capacity for storing water for generation with funds from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Jpana International Cooperation (Jica.)
Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) is on record saying in times of frequent and prolonged electricity blackouts, companies experience huge loses.
Electricity continues to be one of the greatest obstacles to doing business in the county.
Anduna a Msaka analankhula monyada pa msonkhano wa chipani chao (DPP) kuti amene amapangitsa magetsi kuzimazima ndi otsutsa omwe amagwira ntchito ku Nkula ndipo anachotsedwa, kuzimazima kwa magetsi kwatha. Nanga pano chachitikanso ndi chiyani, Otsutsa aja abwereranso pa ntchito?
Are you really telling me that the whole parliamentary committee does not know why we are facing blackouts or they wanted some allowances? wiith the current watee levels just reposition your turbines if you want real change.
Ife timati poti anthu a Mulungu akutsigolera zisintha..koma ayi ndithu
major 1 phd
the anointed one
of the living God
CAN TURN AROUND
THESE HARDSHIPS THE
COUNTRY IS FACING