EXPEDITE ELECTRICITY STUDY, INCOMING GOVT URGED

EXPEDITE ELECTRICITY STUDY, INCOMING GOVT URGEDThe UPND administration should expedite the completion of the Electricity Cost of Service study and ensure that it’s completed before the end of the year, the energy expert has said.Johnstone Chikwanda said the study is one of the projects that the President-Elect and his administration should focus on because it’s aimed at satisfying future electricity demand and developing the energy sector.Mr. Chikwanda said in an interview that President Edgar Lungu and his administration made progress in a number of projects but has left incomplete critical projects among them the electricity cost of service study.He said the study which is also in the UPND manifesto on energy is critical in creating benchmarks of how much electricity tariffs are supposed to be charged in the market not only by ZESCO but even by Independent Power Producers (IPPs).Mr. Chikwanda said the study was crucial because the public as consumers don’t know if they […]