Fri, 16 Jun 2017 13:22:43 +0000 By SANDRA MACHIMA COMMERCIAL farmers and other adversely affected electricity consumers have been advised to consider various energy options and invest in alternative energy which is more efficient and cheaper, says energy expert Johnstone Chikwanda. Mr Chikwanda observed that most electricity consumers had up to now not taken significant measures to diversify their energy sources. He reiterated that the nation was forewarned last year when the Minister of Finance Felix Mutati issued a ministerial statement in Parliament that Government would by the end of 2017 migrate to cost reflective electricity tariffs. Mr Chikwanda said although concerns raised by farmers regarding the escalated electricity tariffs and requested for consideration for special tariff and a subsidy was genuine, it was not advisable for Government to extend a special tariff to them as that would slide back into consumptive subsidies. President Edgar Lungu was recently in Mkushi district where he addressed […]
