Zambia’s power utility company Zesco Limited says it will restore power supply to Muchinga, Luapula, Northern, Eastern, and Central provinces of Zambia by 22:00 today due to some unforeseen circumstances.
Power supply to the provinces was disrupted on Wednesday, 19 June 2024, at 06:00 hours to facilitate the second phase technical commissioning of the second 330kV Kabwe Step Down – Pensulo Transmission Line.
The first phase of the technical commissioning was successfully completed on Sunday, 16 June 2024.
Zesco anticipates to restore power supply to the affected provinces by 22 hours this evening, the company said in a statement.
The Corporation sincerely apologised to its customers for the inconvenience caused by the delayed power supply restoration.
Zesco urged the public to treat all power supply lines to be live at all times, as power supply could be restored earlier than stated.
The 330kV Kabwe Step-Down to Pensulo Transmission Line is an added power transportation corridor to the northern part of Zambia, and is part of the Zambia – Tanzania – Kenya interconnector, the much anticipated power trading corridor between Southern and East Africa.
Zambia is to benefit from power imports from Tanzania and other East African countries once the interconnector is complete.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com