OVER $480 million was generated from power exports to the Southern Africa Power Pool between 2018 and 2021, Government has revealed. Infrastructure and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi who is acting Minister for Energy told parliament on Wednesday that all the electricity exports to the neighbouring countries were cost reflective which meant that Zesco did not make any loss from the transactions. He admitted that Zesco is still exporting power to some neighboring countries because the national power utility has some contractual obligations but however, assured the nation that the exports will not affect the local demand for electricity. Mr Milupi also said the load shedding has ended in the country because of the improvement in water levels at the Kariba North Bank Power Station (KNBPS), where he said the generation of power has now gone up to 350 megawatts. Mr Milupi also attributed the end of load shedding to other measures the new dawn administration has put in place.He […]
Zambia raked in over $480m in power exports
