The United States government has given Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) two weed harvesters worth US$40 million which both Washington and Lilongwe would reduce power black outs the country is experiencing. The US ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer said weed is a serious problem in the production of hydro-power as it gets stuck in turbines and […]
Capital City, Lilongwe is experiencing an unprecedented power cuts, load-shedding going for a day and half in most instances, crippling the economy and negatively affecting the every day life of residents. In some instances, when the power returns, it comes with force damaging some household property as most people live fridges, laptops and others on […]
The Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) Malawi Limited will between Friday and Tuesday next week be installing an K800 million inlet valve at Nkula B Power station, one of the activities in the rehabilitation and modernization of the station. In a statement, Egenco which sells its power to Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) says this […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has confirmed that power generation slumps again and announced extended hours of load shedding of up to 18 hours for five days during Easter holidays. ESCOM says in a statement seen by Nyasa Times that its main power supplier—Electricity Generation Company Limited (EGENCO)—has lost output by 20% and they will […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has dubbed the accused the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of peddling lies following the persistent power black outs in the country and accused Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) of duping Malawians. MCP second secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka, writing on his Facebook page, said the government cheated Malawians that power black outs would be […]
US sponsored survey has revealed that state electricity companies, Escom and Egenco are inefficient in their operations because of political interferences. Grace Simwaka, head of energy sector reforms at Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) has told journalists in Lilongwe that the two companies can only operate effectively and efficiently if their boards are hired on merit. The law allows the President […]
Lilongwe experienced an early electricity black out on Monday just two days after Escom and Egenco, state power companies, wrote the ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, Water and Irrigation to increase the flow of water at Liwonde Barrage. In a letter seen by Nyasa Times, Escom and Egenco want the ministry to increase the flow of water […]
Malawians should brace for extended hours of load shedding during Easter holidays as Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has confirmed that power generation slumps again. ESCOM says in a statement seen by Nyasa Times that its main power supplier—Electricity Generation Company Limited (EGENCO)—has lost output by 20%; hence, the return of the extended load-shedding. […]
Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) has warned that the country will continue to face long-hours blackouts until April when the situation is likely to normalize. However, the warning contradicts the company’s earlier claims that the situation would normalize this month once they installed the controversially procured gen-sets. EGENCO’s Chief Executive Officer, William Liabunya said in an […]
With claims of corruption and bootleg deals in the procurement of standby generators that were expected to add 78 megawatts (MW) to the national grid to minimise the intensity of current blackouts, opposition members of Parliament (MPs) took government to task in Parliament. Raising a question is national importance, Kasungu Central MP Amon Nkhata (Malawi Congress […]
Geneva-based social-economic commentator Stanley Kenani has backed leader of opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera who has dared President Peter Mutharika to demonstrate seriousness to resolve the energy crisis facing the country by fast-tracking interim solutions to extended power outages but a group of individuals sympathetic with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) calling themselves Concerned Citizens has registered […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera has accused the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-led government of influencing the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) to award a contract of purchasing generators to a company with links to the party’s members, saying leaders are busy enriching themselves through corrupt means and are failing to fight corruption because “they […]
As Malawi grapples with a power crisis partly caused by years of insufficient investment in infrastructure that is heaping more pain on the country already ailing economy, an economist has warned of far more negative implications for the nation if there will be no solution in short term. Every day the nation is experiencing blackout […]
As Malawians are growing increasingly concerned with the electricity woes the country is currently facing, President Professor Peter Mutharika has appealed for patience, saying the problem will hopefully be minimized by next year as there are solutions in place to help the country both in the short term, medium term and long term. Mutharika gave the assurance on Wednesday […]
Electricity customers countrywide are expected to experience increased blackouts until the end of the year in December as Electricity Generating Company (Egenco) has disclosed that the institution has no immediate plans to address the problem. Director of Finance for Egenco, Shadreck Namalomba disclosed this after a tour on Wednesday at Egenco and Electricity Supply Corporation of […]
Malawians should brace to start dipping deeper in their pockets to pay for electricity as Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) seeks a tariff hike to help financing to hire 78 megawatts diesel generators from Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) for purposes if cushioning the effects of power outages. Malawi Energey Regulatory Energy (Mera) is expected […]
Power generation company, Egenco has said a K40 billion expansion program deal with a Japanese firm, Mitsubish to add 18 megawatts on the Malawi power grid. Egenco chief executive officer William Liabunya said the two companies made the agreement in 2015 only that the expansion program was delayed because it was awaiting the government to […]
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 […]