Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has issued a warning that Malawians will have a feast of Eeaster this coming weekend in the dark as there will be blackout following maintenance works they will carry out on its power generation machines. Escom said in a statement that the nation will go dark during Easter weekend […]
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom)says it lost K2.2 billion during last year’s flooding which left a 20 day black out. Escom official Everson Sitolo said this in Mangochi at the end of a month long disaster recovery plan and business continuity plan. He said during last year’s flooding, generating machines were submerged putting off power […]
Malawians will continue dipping deeper in their pockets to pay for electricity as Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has effected a tariff hike to K57.07 (about $0.10) from the current K53.69 (about $0.08) per kilowatt-hour. This raise represents a 7. 5 percent according to the energy regulator. According to a statement signed by Mera board […]
Malawi sole power utility says it is bringing in an extra 46 megawatts of power from fuel generators onto the grid in a move to combat persistent power blackouts. ESCOM public relations manager Kitty Chingota said the commissioning of the fuel generators start this March with 10 megawatts in central region. “By the end of […]
The country’s consumer watchdog, Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has taken to court Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) and Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) over recent electricity tariffs hike. Mera Board in December resolved that electricity tariffs be increased by 6.6 percent- to K53.69 (about $0.08) from K40.69 (about $0.06) per kilowatt-hour. The increase […]
A cross section of Malawians have expressed concern over Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera)decision to allow Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) a 13.7 percent increase in electricity tarrifs to K53.69 (about $0.08) from the current K40.69 (about $0.06) per kilowatt-hour. People who spoke to Nyasa Times correspondent on the streets of the Capital City, […]
The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) Board has resolved that ESCOM electricity tariffs be increased from January 1 2016. According to Mera board chair Dingiswayo Jere, tariffs will go up from an average of MK40.69/kWh to MK53.69/kWh (or$0.08 per KWh) Meanwhile, Escom officials say they are minimising load shedding in Malawi because water levels in […]
Vandals and torrential rains have brought down the main power lines that supply electricity from Nkula Falls to Lilongwe, worsening electricity woes in the country. Escom transmission manager Alfred Kaponda said over K600 million is needed to bring the situation back to normal. This is in addition to daily electricity woes that has seen Escom […]
President Peter Mutharika on Monday spoke openly, for the first time, about the continued electricity blackouts, and urged the nation to be patient. Malawi have, for the past six months, been experiencing massive electricity blackouts which Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) attributed to low water levels in Lake Malawi and low flows in the […]
Nkhoma Hospital and power utility Escom are now engaged in blame game over the death of four patients who died while on oxygen therapy after a power blackout. In a letter to Escom, the Nkhoma Synod of the CCAP run hospital says Escom shoud take full responsibility of the recent deaths, saying the oxygen stopped […]
Thieves have stolen a less than week old baby placed in premature babies nursery at Kasungu District Hospital following a power blackout that left the hospital in total darkness. District healh officer Aubrey Banda confirmed the theft of the baby , saying the hospital generator could not start immediately after Escom power blackout because of […]
A new international organisation now locally registered in Malawi – Sustainable Energy For All – has called on lone electricity supplier Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (ESCOM) to “consider renewable energy technologies” if the country is bail itself out of its power challenges. The organization’s project officer Samuel Admore told Nyasa Times in an interview that […]
The people of Malawi are learning to live in the dark. Their beleaguered power utility, Escom, is unable to meet electricity demand and early this year reintroduced a tortuous schedule of rolling blackouts known as “load shedding”. Malawians now check electricity reports that read like weather forecasts: “There is a medium probability of load shedding […]
President of Economists Association of Malawi (Ecama) Henry Kachaje has told the Malawi government to privatise power utility firm, Escom saying the frequent power cuts are contributing to economic slowdown. Kachaje said the only way to make Escom more efficient and effective is to put it in the hands of the private sector. “If it […]
Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe is facing unprecedented power cuts just two days after Escom officials told industry captains to brace for load shedding in industrial areas for the first time. Most of businesses and activities are very much affected, raising fears that this would scare away serious international investors, putting the already ailing economy in a […]
Malawians should brace for more frequent electricity blackouts following a statement issued by Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) which states that generation capacity at its Nkula and Tedzani Hydro power stations has gone down by 50 percent. Escom stipulates that this is due to low water levels in Lake Malawi and low flows in […]
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has announced that power prices have been raised by 13.7 percent from the current average of K35.69 to K40.59 per kilowatt-hour with effect from November 1. Malawians are expected to dig deeper into their pockets following the hiking up of electricity tariffs with Consumer rights activist John Kapito accusing the […]
American Energy Company has committed to establish a plant in Malawi by 2016 in order to reduce power deficit hitting the southern African country. Paul Hinks, Chief Executive Director of US Energy Company who is also the Chairperson of Copper Council disclosed this during the lecture on Democratization and Economic Self Reliance in Africa which […]