Zambia will restore 24-hour electricity to households after weeks of rationing.
Households and companies countrywide will now enjoy 24 hours of power supply without disruption, the country’s power utility, Zesco Ltd, Managing Director, Victor Mapani says.
According to Mapani, various measures like upgrading power generation at stations in the country were deployed to bring its power sector back to full functionality.
Zesco revamped the Victoria Falls power station to feed about 250MW into the national grid.
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Power generation has also been upgraded at two other stations and would increase power generation at Lake Kariba.
Why Electricity Was Rationed
In December 2022, Energy Minister Peter Kapala announced the rationing of electricity supply to domestic customers.
This became a necessity owing to a big drop in the water level in lake Kariba.
The drop was said to have been a result of reduced inflows from the Zambezi river and its tributaries.
Lake Kariba is used to generate power for both Zimbabwe and Zambia.
“The low water level situation in lake Kariba threatens the power generation from both the Karina North Bank Hydropower station and Karina South Bank Hydropower station,” the minister said.
Furthermore, the Minister proposed that rationing translates to supplying domestic customers with six hours of power daily.
