Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi ( ESCOM) has devised plans to set up National Call Centre in a bid to improve service delivery to its customers as well as align itself to international standards, Nyasa Times has learnt. The plan comes amid complaints from its customers over poor service delivery evidenced by the forgoing power […]
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 […]
Government business has come to a standstill at new government building in the commercial city of Blantyre after Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) cut off power supply due to unpaid bills. Escom disconnected power supply to the building on Wednesday morning, forcing the State employees to abandon their respective offices in what can only […]
Malawi is set to plunge into worse series of load shedding during the Christmas and New Year festive seasons because of what Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) says is due to reduced generation capacity. The country is already experiencing heavy load power cuts due to load shedding. But Escom public relations manager Kitty Chingota said […]
Malawi Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has said the country’s electricity tariff will keep rising until the parastatal starts profiting from the production and distribution of electricity. Escom recently raised the electricity charges by 29 percent to the surprise of users who to the contrary were of the view that the price would go […]
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), the southern African nation’s sole supplier of power has announced it will implement massive load shedding during Easter season from 28th March to 1st April, 2013 where some parts of Malawi will have no power. The Corporation’s statement released on Monday said this will be subject to inadequate […]
As the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi embarks on the revamping and upgrading of one of its plants which has outlived its lifespan at Nkula Hydro Electric Power Station, Malawians should brace for more power outages besides the normal power rationing. Said Kitty Chingota, ESCOM’sspokeswoman; “The revamping and upgrading exercise of Nkula will directly affect […]