Power imports decrease due to Eskom shortages

Power imports decreased by 26.8 percent in the first quarter of 2015 as the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) could not secure adequate supplies from Eskom in South Africa.

According to figures released by Statistics Botswana (SB) yesterday, the volume of imported electricity amounted to 451,092 Megawatt-Hour (MWH), when compared to 616,206MWH recorded during the first quarter of 2014.

The shortages led the BPC to implement demand side management programmes, which included load control measures and loadshedding.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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