Energy Generating Company (Egenco) and Electricity Supply Commisison of Malawi (Escom) are battling over a K4 billion bill Egenco slapped with Escom in a power selling and buying deal. This follows the government decision to unbundle Escom into two companies, the power generating company, Egenco and the power selling entity, Escom. William Liabunya, the chief […]
A parliamentary usher is demanding compensation from his employers for being stuck in a lift for 30 minutes, forcing him to collapse and faint. Gilbert Mwanyongwa was trapped in a lift following a power surge. “I was really frightened, there was no air, there was darkness,” said Mwonyonga. He said he would die in the […]
Malawians are today, Friday commemorating Martyr’s Day, a day people who died for the freedom and improved quality life, are remembered. This comes amid heightened power black outs, one of the reasons the martyrs died for. Minister of Information, Communication Technology Nicholas Dausi said the government has not organised national event for the day. However […]
The Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) officials have been accusing of lying to Malawians for failure to provide power to Malawians. Malawi is currently experiencing long hours of electricity with Egenco saying this is due to low levels on Shire River. The company’s Public Relations Officer, Mervin Mchenga said the main challenge is the reduced water […]
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi has revealed plans to add 70 Mega Watts (MW) of solar power to the national grid by 2018 while poor Malawians continue to experience power blackouts despite it being rainy season. According to Escom, the expected 70MW is one of its short-term mitigation measures that it is implementing against […]
Long hours of electricity black out days are back in Malawi with Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) saying this is due to low levels on Shire River. Most parts of the country are having no electricity for as long as six hours or more, in the process choking production in all spheres of economic life. Egenco […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Bright Msaka has disclosed that Malawi Rural Electrification Programme (Marep) Phase 8 will cost K8 billion. Under Marep seven, government is targeting more rular centres throughout the country in addition to 137 which were targetted in Phase 7. “Government is determined and committed that Malawians should have electricity […]
President Peter Mutharika has said a morning electricity black out on Wednesday at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe disturbed him as he was listening to a program he loves most on state controlled, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation. Mutharika said this in Lilongwe as he officially launched the Tree Planting Season. “We suffer the same when electricity goes […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has said the country should not expect merry Christmass without power blackouts, saying ther will still be load shedding. “Ordinarily, most industries and business shut down during this period. This in turn gives us relief and we are able to supply the domestic customers. However, this year we have […]
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has embarked on a project installing Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs to reduce the levels of evening load shedding and also to increase savings on customers’ electricity bills. ESCOM is expected to kick start the project from December 12, 2016 where the bulbs will be installed at some […]
Blackouts in Malawi are expected to reduce drastically, once the USD350.7Million Millennium Challenge Account-Malawi (MCA-M), the local implementing agency of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) energy compact is fully implemented. Malawi Government signed the compact grant with MCA in April, 2011 and compact grant entered into force on 20 September, 2013. The project will run till September 29, 2018. […]
Malawi Parliament was on Monday hit by r blackout forcing Members of Parliament to suspend sitting. Deliebrations in the the lawmaking body had to been affected when the lights went off as opposition members taunted ruling Denocratic Progressive Party (DPP). “This is indeed DPP,” shouted some MPs in the three minutes of the outage. Some […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Bright Saka Sc has said Malawi is not the country which is facing electricity woes, saying all countries in southern Africa are affected and have load shedding programs. Saka said this in Lilongwe on Sunday at Masintha ground during a political rally which President Peter Mutharika addressed. “It […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Monday evening addressed the nation but many citizens missed the speech since the majoriry were in power blackout with the ongoing load shedding as the Head of State was outlining his roadmap to end electricity woes. In his address on public broadcaster MBC Television, Mutharika admitted that energy is critical factor […]
Two years after being given a Shell and Oil Processing Machine, Kunthembwe Cooking Oil Corporative Society in Blantyre is unable to start producing oil as the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) is failing to connect the cooperative with electricity. The project falls under the One Village One Project (OVOP) initiative which was established in […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) is optimistic that Malawi will in the next couple of years transform into one of the key energy generators, suppliers and exporters once the Mozambique-Malawi Power Interconnection project comes to fruition. This is in sharp contrast to the current situation Malawians are going through which is characterized by frequent […]
Human Rights activist Billy Mayaya has confirmed that the demonstrations against poor service delivery by the Electricity Supply Coorperation of Malawi (Escom) in offering Malawians reliable electricity will proceed despite calls from the Police and Lilongwe City Council to have the date to hold the demo’s shifted to a later date. Mayaya said this after holding […]
If the ambitious programme Malawi government has laid out to undertake between now and the next few years is anything to go by, then the country will be bidding farewell to blackouts in not so long a time. All things being equal. Available information reveals that currently, ESCOM is struggling to serve its 354,000 connected […]