ZESCO’s Public Relations Manager : Mrs Hazel Zulu
Zambia’s national electricity utility company, ZESCO Limited, has issued a statement to the public saying that the company is working round the clock to slightly reduce load-shedding hours on both New Years’ Eve and New Year’s day, to allow customers celebrate these important days with their families.
The company said that the decision was arrived at to let Zambians enjoy quality family time on New year’s eve and day, despite the sustained low water levels at the main reservoirs that has adversely affected generation and that the gesture is aonly applicable to domestic customers.
Below is the full statement
ZESCO WILL ENDEAVOR TO LESSEN LOAD SHEDDING ON NEW YEARS’ EVE AND DAY FOR DOMESTIC CUSTOMERS
ZESCO Limited wishes to inform its esteemed customers in the domestic category that the corporation is working round the clock to slightly reduce load shedding hours on New Years’ eve and day, to allow customers celebrate these important days with their families.
This decision was arrived at to let our customers enjoy quality family time on New year’s eve and day despite the sustained low water levels at the main reservoirs that has adversely affected generation.
“The corporation cannot however state specific hours of reduction in load shedding due to unpredictable constraints on the system, suffice to say that this is a gesture of goodwill to our customers who have endured long hours of loadshedding for some time now”.
As a Corporation, we attach great importance to this period as it is a time that promotes the social wellbeing of our customers by bringing families and communities together.
We thank our customers for their cooperation and support during this difficult period.
We however continue to appeal to our customers to continue employing energy efficient initiatives such as switching off all non-essential appliances by using gas for cooking and solar and energy efficient lighting sources to help conserve the available power.
We take this opportunity to wish our customers a prosperous New Year as we hold hands in prayer for more rains as the season progresses.
Issued by: Hazel Zulu (Mrs.)
Public Relations Manager
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no the decision was the president idea to let you know the price of electricity is going so party before the 113%
This government is simply conditioning citizens to accept substandard ways of life. Back to the cave days. Next it will be severe water shortages. The very basics of what life can offer are being denied to citizens because of selfish leaders who at the same time are living like royalty.
Citizens, reject these tactics.
Simply reject these common thieves.
Only in Zambia…people invest in off grid as long as wastage and mediocrity is tolerated under Lungu loadshedding will never be erased. Already $27 million has disappeared just like that!
Nope no electricity in the copperbelt since morning- just called my relatives. ZESCO who are you kidding.
Hogwash.
It was better to stay mute on this one.
This is what a working and competent government does for its people. An understanding and humane pf government understands that even with the challenges brought mainly by climate change, our people still need to celebrate the year of 2019 and new year. In 2020 our priority will be to continue to invest in alternative forms of energy as water clearly is not sufficient or reliable source. How is everyone spending their new year ? Myself I am keeping it private with few loved ones. Kz
Iwe sir tan Yoko, shut the fxxk up.
Mumbi please be mature in your responses. Do not abuse your freedom of speech. Remember that you are not owed that freedom and it can be taken away in the public’s interest. Kz
KZ a working government does not provide power for people to party, it should provide power for people to run their businesses so that they can feed their families, PRIORITIES PLS!
KZ.You think reducing load sending for a few hours in one day is working? That’s mediocrity by your government man, people of Zambia deserve better and it seems your government has failed mudala.
How can power supply be a gesture of goodwill as if we are under dictorship? This was brought upon by our ourselves, when was climate change anticipated and why react according to the calender (everything bad and partially good will be done in 2020)? We need to be proactive as leaders not only react when we are approaching elections. Happy and Properous New Year to All. May God give us strength to overcome.
“dictorship?” What is that?
Maybe you mean Dick tor ship!
Or Dictatorship?
pray for rain? really, there’s such a thing?. how about practical things like plant more trees?
lift load shedding to allow people to celebrate? what are they celebrating? why don’t you reduce load shedding so they can run their businesses and earn a living so they can support their families? you need to produce not just consume, that’s how you grow…
zesco needs to cut it’s labor force in half from top down to save money
That’s good Zesco work well people we are praying for this nation to have good rains this year.
Its a good gesture by Zesco though By nature electricity supply and demand are two sides of the coin and often supply is constrained due to capacity ,(congestion on the lines ) and others factors
its Good gesture but always important to add some disclaimer for clients to know that sometimes it could out of control and supply could be restricted anytime to ensure security and resilience of the system especially given our demand profile and supply and need to engage in expansion projects for those balanced energy mix for the security of supply to ensure revenue protection for those added MWs because its only way given the reduced window on further tariff increments We may have reached the CAP…
or ceiling on those Long-run Marginal cost curves cost of service tariff pathways
Good gesture though and keep it up
Can some one please advise this guy called KZ to keep his mouth closed and disappear? We have not forgotten how invincible he used to behave. KZ, you are one of the reasons PF’s good deeds are not being appreciated. You know the one about throwing a handful of groundnuts in the mouth and only one is rotten….
Ever heard of “Trolls?” They love to create puppet accounts based on real-life figures and play with people’s emotions. That’s what this particular individual is doing: normally, Administrators must be able to sanction this abuse when they see it.
I can not win with you people no matter what I do. When I put my head down and worked hard to ensure PF won two elections, you said I was invicible. Now that I am no longer in the position as advisor to the humble EC Lungu, I have decided to come out and freely interact with our employers(zambian people), and even that is not enough for you.Nine Chale, there is no such thing as a Troll. it is a figment of your imagination, especially when you cannot believe that KZ is interacting with you. I am not anything special and I am here to not only set the record straight but also to continue to work hard in ensuring that PF remain in power indefintely. It is achievable and I will ensure this. Kz
When HH condemns such reckless decisions you start complaining. You deliberately put yourself in his firing line. Parte, Parte, parte is more important than providing power to the indestries that need electricity. It means you have enough power if you can decide to reserve it for partying. Wake up you I.D.I.O.T.S.
If Zesco can stabilize power supply for one day why can’t they do it for 365 days?
That’s neither here nor there, Madam Hazel Zulu.
Your company Zesco is just full of failures who can only see revenue and not the cost of running the business. If I didn’t respect you as a person and a good lady I would tell you to shut up!
ZESCO IS FOOLING US,THE POWER WENT OFF AT 18:00 HOURS IN KANYAMA .WHAT A FALLACY.
Then they will make up for it by giving us 18hours continuous load shedding for subsequent days.
Comment:This is a total lie… right now us we are experiencing load shading in mindolo. These people have failed to just fulfil their promise just
Cry my beloved Zambia.Having electric power is now a ‘gesture of good will’.
This story has proved another lie. Right now there is no electricity in Kitwe’s Chimwemwe township and neither there was yesterday.
Infact, Chimwemwe is the worst hit township with load shedding. Here electricity goes around 04:00 and restored at 22:00 he’s. every day. We only had electricity the two days someone was commissioning a police station for two days since the commencement of this load shedding.
The people hear have resolved to keep quiet . They know when and where they will air their grievances.
Zesco is doing well in chingola kabundi east area since yesterday 15hrs up to day 01/10/2020 people have power in their places right now ( power to the people zesco continue planning better for this nation this year)