By JOHN SAKALA
Zesco has announced a-15 hours load shedding increment.
According to Zesco Public Relations Manager Hazel Zulu the increased load shedding is to due to maintenance on one of the private power producers.
Ms Zulu said that there will be a reduction in power supply country-wide for a period of ten (10) days starting April 8, 2020, due to loss of supply of 132MW from one of the Independent Power Producers resulting from a fault on one of the generating units.
“The maintenance works will result in longer hours of load shedding of up to 15 hours per day. It should be noted that this additional load shedding has become essential in order to protect the power system from collapse and to ensure that the available power is distributed equitably to all our customers.
“We, however, continue to appeal to our customers to employ energy efficiency and conservation initiatives such as completely switching off lights and electrical appliances when not in use as well as consider migrating to the use of gas for cooking and solar for lighting. ZESCO deeply regrets the inconvenience this will cause to our esteemed customers,” she said.
