Month: September 2020 Posts

Don’t frustrate efforts to fix ESCOM – Chilima tells employees

Sep 02, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has warned Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) employees that they will face severe consequences if they attempt to frustrate government's efforts to fix ESCOM. Chilima, who is also Minister of… ...

Chilima resolves EGENCO, ESCOM dispute

Aug 25, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has ended the dispute between Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) and Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) over electricity payment arrears which choked operations of the two institutions. Chilima who is also… ...

We want to end blackouts once and for all – Chilima

Jul 23, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima says government is putting in place mechanisms that will ensure the end of blackouts and the availability of surplus power which will ably sustain the manufacturing industries in the country. The… ...

Chakwera administration wants Malawi to have enough power by 2021

Jul 22, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Energy Newton Kambala says the Lazarus Chakwera administration wants Malawi to have enough power by 2021. Kambala made the remarks on Tuesday when he visited Tedzani and Nkula Hydro power stations. At Tedzani,… ...

Minister says corruption, debts have crippled ESCOM

Jul 22, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Energy Newton Kambala says corruption and debts have heavily affected Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) and the company is failing to effeciently provide services to Malawians. Kambala on Tuesday toured ESCOM's national… ...

Kapichira power generation machines to be offline during Easter

Apr 09, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) says power generation machines at Kapichira Power Station will not be in operation from Friday, 10 April to Monday, 13 April 2020. The company said in a statement today that it… ...

ESCOM says increase in demand has led to 7-hour blackouts

Mar 22, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says power outages in the country are now lasting 7 hours due to a substantial increase in demand for electricity. In a statement on Saturday, the electricity supplier… ...

Power outages to end in March

Feb 26, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) says its full generation capacity will be restored by the end of March, 2020 following the breakdown of machines at Kapichira Power Station. In a statement on Tuesday, the company… ...

ESCOM to implement load shedding tomorrow

Dec 28, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says there will be power outage in several areas across the country on Sunday. According to the power supplier, this is because the Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) will… ...

The blacker the night, the merry the Christmas – Escom

Dec 17, 2019 Lonjezo Jamu 1 &

A day after Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) said water levels in the Shire River are now normalising, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has announced that loadshedding has been extended. In a statement released today,… ...

6 EGENCO generators down

Nov 29, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Six of the ten Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) diesel generators in Blantyre are down and the company is failing to fix them due to lack of spare parts. This was revealed during a visit by… ...

Govt wants 50% of Malawians to have access to electricity by 2030

Nov 28, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Government says it wants to increase the electricity access rate to 50 percent from the current 11 percent by 2030. Minister of Natural Resources Energy and Mining Bintony Kutsaira said this on Wednesday during the… ...

Four children drown in Shire River

Oct 28, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Four children aged between two and four have died after drowning at the upstream side of the Tedzani Power Station Pond on the Shire River. According to the Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) which runs the… ...

EGENCO dresses Livilivi River

Feb 16, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) has planted 2000 trees along Balaka's Livilivi river bank. The tree planting exercise which was graced by minister of Environment, Energy and Mining, Aggrey Massi was held on Friday, in… ...

EGENCO to shut down Tedzani

Aug 19, 2018 Richard Jimu 0 &

The Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) will shut down Tedzani III unit 5 power station for five months starting from Monday. According to a statement released by the company on Friday, the shutdown will be done… ...