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BPC import costs rise as Morupule B repairs drag

Hopeful: Kgoboko expects Morupule B’s revamp to allow electricity exports
Hopeful: Kgoboko expects Morupule B’s revamp to allow electricity exports

The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) has spent P2.2 billion importing electricity in the current financial year, after delays in the finalisation of repairs to the 600MW Morupule B Power Station, BusinessWeek has learnt.

The situation is weighing on the utility’s finances at a time when government is due to reduce the support it has been giving through subsidies.

In previous financial years, the corporation spent P860 million and P1.5 billion respectively on power imports.

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