Wed, 30 Aug 2017 09:33:21 +0000 …AS ERB STEPS IN By Bennie Mundando and Violet Tembo COPPERBELT Energy Corporation (CEC) will be summoned by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) to explain its role in the impasse with Mopani Copper Mines which has led to the loss of 1,000 jobs. According to the Electricity Act no. 433..(9) no operator shall lessen or discontinue the supply of electricity stipulated in any contract of supply unless the consumer has failed to pay charges lawfully due or failed to comply with conditions of supply. The Act further states that failure to carry out contract of supply by an operator wilfully or without reasonable cause lessens discontinues the supply of electricity in any contract of supply, the Board, may, affording the operator an opportunity to be heard on the matter, suspend the licence. ERB Executive Director, Ms Langiwe Lungu has told the Daily Nation in a statement that her organisation […]
