By KETRA KALUNGA ZESCO should harmonise tariff levels with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) once the Electricity Cost of Service Study is concluded, the Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) has said CUTS programme coordinator, Ishmael Zulu, expressed confidence that the study would put to rest the disputes regarding tariff charges between Zesco and the IPPs because it would establish how much it costs the two parties to produce electricity.Mr. Zulu said in an interview that Zesco and the IPPs had for a long time been at loggerheads with regard to electricity traffic charges and that the Electricity Cost of Service Study would put an end to the dispute. He said the study would inform how much it costs for the two power producers to produce electricity so that consumers pay cost-reflective tariffs which he said were exorbitant. “One of the first steps to end exorbitant tariff charges is to expedite the process of carrying out […]
ZESCO, IPPS TOLD TO HARMONISE POWER TARIFFS
