Zambia: ZESCO’s System Disturbances Cause Nationwide Power outage

Zambians were thrown into darkness on Sunday night after a power system disturbances that occurred at about 20:15 hours.

A statement issued and signed by Eng Justin Loongo, the Acting Managing Director of ZESCO Limited, which confirmed the incident, did not reveal the exact issue.

He, however, said the Corporation is working diligently to resolve the unplanned outage and power supply restoration is underway.

“ZESCO will keep the country updated of this unforeseen development. We regret the unplanned loss of supply and seek our customers’ support and patience,” he said.

The southern African nation is experiencing power crisis as a result of severe drought that affected inflow into the Kariba Dam, which is the main hydroelectric power generation dam that supplies power in the country.

The country, recently, took decision to increase electricity tariff in order to import power to shore up domestic generation.

Source: https://energynewsafrica.com