Amid persistent blackouts in the country, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has unveiled plans to hike electricity tariffs following the coming of Independent Power Producers (IPPs).
The development come at a time when Malawi government has signed over 36 memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with IPPs.
According to the ministry of natural resources, energy and mining, five of the private producers have signed term sheets, a precursor to signing power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Reacting on the matter, ESCOM chief executive officer John Kandulu said Malawians are to be paying more for electricity due to high charges from the IPPs in the country.
“Currently ESCOM charges 8 cents per kilowatt and that’s less however when IPPs are to come we are to spend 12 cents to 19 cents per kilowatt and that’s too bad,” said Kandulu.
Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) executive director John Kapito decried the level of transparency involved in negotiating the deals, saying Malawi may end up signing deals that would cost the nation in the near future.
However, Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has disclosed that the energy regulator has developed monitoring mechanisms to ensure that pricing of IPPs do not stifle the consumer.
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Ife a Malawi #1 ufiti bas chilichonse chinatilaka
Blackout supply coperation of malawi kkkk! BSCOM.Osati escom
Ife tikwezabe ma tarrif kaya mulongolora bwanji zanu izo tikakudyerani kuti ife a ESCOM sitinati mulira keee. Magalimoto tigula ndi chiyani ife.Ana athu tiwalipirira chiani ku ma sukulu akunja.Kunotu ndi ku Malawi ngati simudziwa musendeka muwona. Ngati muli mtawuni samukani mudzipita kumudzi kwanu.
Ndikapanga magetsi anga kundimanga mwati ndiwotcha zinthu,kkk! ndipange radio mwati ndikusokoneza ma freque.A malawi kwakula ndi kukayikilana, zoona mpaka kumapanga import ma #toothpick,kkk!
50yrs + now of self rule(independence) koma company ya magetsi imodzi,pali nzeru?.23yrs titasankha multiparty ndiye zipani mbweee! koma tapindula?mxiii!
When reporting this to my parents i will tell them “Aah koma don’t worry much,the news may not be true because i have got it from a NON RELIABLE news outlet”
A ESCOM,Ndaona tsano mulufuna chinamtindi cha anthu chibwere kumaofesi kwanuko eti,Ok?
izi zikutanthauza kuti nkhalango zathu zili pachiopsyezo chachikuklu chifukwa anthu ayamba kudalila makala ndi nkhuni pophikila,let mr presedent think first b4 such ideas are put on table
Malawi is shit………
boma lingoloreza kuti electricty izimphunzilidwa kwambiri ku secondary mwina amalawi azamvesesa kuti magetsi ndichani koma zikatere boma lizingotukwanisa ma presdent ndinthu kkkkkkk,ubwino wake tilibe mliri wamatenda aliwonse kuno otherwise president angatukwanidwenso pobweretsa matenda muno.
U r provoking mass demos now
And you expect investors to come and investment in Malawi??
Hike your electricity tariffs but don’t forget we will meet 2019 if this Government get my vote its lucky!
Ofunikna kupezanso njira zobera magetsiwa zapanwamba zaukadawulo ajaira tsopano makapewa
Dziko lili manja mwa agalu Thawi yokayenda yakwana mateyala manja!
Already mwakweza kale 4 times chaka chino koma simukumvetsa ndithu. Kwezani nanga sii enanu akulipilirani.