LOAD SHEDDING INCREASED TO 19 HOURS PER DAY AFTER LOSS OF 150MW AT MAAMBA ENERGY.
Details below…
Here is the text extracted from the ZESCO customer notice:
ZESCO
CUSTOMER NOTICE
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY UPDATE
Consequent to the notification of an emergency shutdown of a generator by Maamba Energy Limited, we have experienced a reduction of 150MW in available electricity.
This loss further constrains our supply capacity, leading us into stage 10 of load management. At this stage, residential customers will receive 5 hours of electricity supply. However, there will be no change to the current supply schedule for farmers, industrial customers, and critical loads such as hospitals, water treatment facilities, and security installations.
During this period of severely constrained supply, we appeal to our customers to use the limited available electricity efficiently. By switching off lights in rooms not occupied, minimizing the use of high energy consuming appliances such as geysers and electric heaters, we can save that energy required to keep the lights a bit longer.
We thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Issued by:
Corporate Affairs Department
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
We have a totally useless president whose priority is to touch dead bodies at the expense of doing the job he was elected to do. Never again shall we vote for such incompetence.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
Unfortunately for you, he’s president until 2026…
There is no emergency at Mwamba. The reason for the shutdown is zesco is owing them huge sums of money running into millions of dollars for power supplied thus far without any sort of payment in sight. Now if Mwamba says we won’t supply you any more power until you clear your bills then it becomes political so the best is just to create some sort of excuse with the machinery to stop supplying in the meantime.