Load shedding looms

Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Consumers should brace themselves for possible dark nights should the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) load management initiative fail to curb the high usage of electricity.

The corporation came up with two initiatives: load management and load shedding, to control power usage as the demand and supply was not balancing.

BPC public relations officer, Sandy Mosarwa said in an interview that they were doing load management but the possibility of load shedding was high because Botswana was struggling with power challenges since Morupule B is operating on one unit.

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Load shedding looms

Consumers should brace themselves for possible dark nights should the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) load management initiative fail to curb the high usage of electricity.

42 out of 45 bodies of Limpopo bus crash victims identified

Selefu

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Civil Society threatens court action over constitution amendment

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Coaches take jabs ahead of derby

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