Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:33:39 +0000 By MARY KACHEPA ZESCO should not be intimidated into withdrawing the application to increase tariffs the way they did some years ago, Energy Forum Zambia Chairperson Johnstone Chikwanda has said Mr Chikwanda said that it was wrong to ignite public anger ahead of the public hearings because the low tariffs have for a long time made investing in the electricity sector unattractive to the point that a SADC policy had to be adopted to establish timelines for attaining cost reflective electricity tariffs in the region. “It is saddening and wrong to issue statements aimed at frightening independent power producers (IPPs) and igniting public anger just before the public hearings are about to be hosted by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB),” he stated. Mr. Chikwanda said that the migration of electricity tariffs to cost reflective tariffs was not something that has started now because the migration plan was […]
