Wed, 30 Aug 2017 09:47:09 +0000 BY approaching the High Court, Glencore the owners of Mopani, have claimed the moral high ground in the electricity standoff with the Copperbelt Energy Corporation. Mopani has adhered to a morally defensible course of action on the basis of an existing agreement. However flawed, annoying or even repugnant their actions have been, they cannot be faulted for following the law which cannot be said of CEC, which switched off power, or restricted it without exhausting dispute procedures embedded within the Power Purchase Agreement. There is no doubt that CEC has been out manoeuvred legally by Mopani who are using the law to fight their case unlike the suppliers who are counting on public indignation and political clout to resolve the impasse. They have chosen to politicise the issue. We are heartened that the Energy Regulation Board will summon CEC in accordance with Electricity Act Chapter 433 of the Laws […]
