BPC to receive P10bn support

BPC Head Office
BPC Head Office

The Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security plans to set aside P10 billion in the coming years as tariff support for the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC).

Last week, Sadique Kebonang told Parliament that between April 2017 and March 2020, the ministry planned to pump P10 billion into the BPC to support it in the absence of cost reflective tariffs.

Kebonang was presenting his ministry’s budget for the National Development Plan 11. “This programme is aimed at subsidising users against high electricity tariffs in order for the BPC to meet its operational costs,” he said.

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