Month: August 2022 Posts

Kumwenda wabodza: ESCOM CEO bloated figures, says Parliament

Aug 20, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Kumwenda Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) chief executive officer Kamkwamba Kumwenda bloated figures when he claimed that ESCOM buys electricity at K140 per kilowatt hour (kwh). Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change… ...

Tikudutsa muzowawa: Escom yapempha kukwezedwa mtengo kwa magetsi

Aug 09, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

Pamene anthu m'dziko muno akupitilira kudandaula za zikhomo pankhani ya zachuma, kampani yogulitsa magetsi ya Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) yati ikufuna mtengo wa magetsi ukwere apo bii kampaniyi itsekedwe kaye. Izi ndi malingana… ...

ESCOM begs MERA to hike electricity

Aug 09, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 1 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says it will soon cease to exist if it does not hike electricity tariffs in the country by more than 40 per cent. Speaking at a press briefing today,… ...

Trio survives after getting trapped in wrecked car under electricity transformer

Aug 08, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A Blantyre based man has given testimony on how he and his two nephews survived after their car plunged into an electricity transformer and they got trapped in the car for about an hour under… ...

31 Megawatts of hydropower not available this weekend

Aug 05, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) says a total of 31 megawatts of hydropower will not be available for supply to the national grid this weekend as Tedzani III unit number 6 will be undergoing… ...

14-hour blackout to hit Malawi this weekend

Jul 28, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 1 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has announced that there will be no power supply for residential and some industrial customers countrywide for 14 hours on Saturday and Sunday. This is as a result of… ...

EGENCO to shut down Nkula power station this weekend

Jul 27, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) will shut down Nkula B Power Station this weekend and this means 100 megawatts of hydropower generation which is about 40% of the current power generation capacity will not be available… ...