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ESCOM to connect electricity to grass-thatched houses
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has launched a US$70 million project to connect electricity to 180,000 houses in the next two years, including connections to thousands of grass-thatched houses across the country. The Malawi Electricity Access Project (MEAP) project, which is being
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Govt under fire for importing electricity poles
Ministry of Energy has come under fire from the Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurance and Public Sector Reforms for allowing Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) to purchase electricity poles from outside the country instead of procuring them locally. The condemnation comes in
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
New ESCOM House to cost K15 billion | Malawi 24 - Malawi news
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) plans to build a K15 billion 20-storey office building to replace the building which was damaged by fire in 2013. On Friday, the Parliamentary Committee on Transport and Public Infrastructure toured the damaged ESCOM House and company’s board
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Malawians to experience more blackouts
Malawi is set to lose 78 Megawatts of electricity this week and power outages in the country will be lasting 8 hours per day, up from the current 6 hours. This is the case because the contract which Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has with Aggreko is expected to end on
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Energy Minister condemns vandalism of Escom property
Minister of Energy  Ibrahim Matola has condemned the vandalism of Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) property such as electricity poles and wires, describing the conduct as retrogressive. The Minister said this yesterday at Dzalanyama Forest Reserve in Lilongwe where some people have
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Thugs cut down eight Escom poles in Lilongwe
Thugs have cut down eight Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) poles in Lilongwe. ESCOM spokesperson Kitty Chingoa has confirmed. She said the incident happened on Escom lines that are between Dedza and Dzalanyama. It appears the thugs used an axe to fell the poles. Chingota said the
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Chakwera pushes for implementation of energy projects amid power outage across Malawi   
As many areas across Malawi are experiencing power outage, President Lazarus Chakwera this morning met technocrats and relevant stakeholders to tackle red tape and administrative obstacles that have delayed the implementation of three electricity projects. Malawi has a generation capacity of about
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
ESCOM says damaged transmission network has been restored
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says transmission network that was damaged by Cyclone Freddy earlier this week has been fully restored. This is according ESCOM’s Friday press statement which indicates that the restoration exercise has seen power supply to all essential service
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
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Times Exclusive featuring Maxwell Mulimakwenda – 29 July 2023
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ESCOM says new lighting tubes will help reduce loadshedding
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has encouraged industrial and commercial customers to start using energy efficient lighting tubes,  saying the tubes will help customers reduce their electricity bills and assist ESCOM to minimize levels of loadshedding. The electricity supplier on
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
ESCOM to reconfigure electricity metres
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says it will from next month start upgrading the electricity recharge token system for prepaid metres. This is according to ESCOM Chief Operating Officer Maxwell Mulimakwenda who was speaking on Tuesday 16th May during a press briefing in
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Two fined for selling fuel close to ESCOM transformer
The Dowa First Grade Magistrate's Court has ordered two men to pay a fine of K150,000 each or in default serve 18 months imprisonment with hard labour after they were found selling fuel near an ESCOM transformer. State prosecutor Inspector Christopher Daluni told the court on June 13, 2022 that the
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Man found dead at Escom transformer in Blantyre
A man was found dead on Tuesday morning inside the fence of a ground mounted Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) transformer at Nkolokoti in Blantyre. It is suspected that the man, who is yet to be identified, was electrocuted while trying to vandalise the transformer. According to
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
ESCOM to roll out countrywide meter verification exercise
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has announced that it will from next week conduct a countrywide meter verification and revenue protection exercise. This is according to ESCOM press statement released on Friday 29 July which indicates that the exercise which will run for the
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Escom woes Continue - The Times Group Malawi
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) needs about K3.16 billion to be used for buying 395 transformers so that it can restore power to 20,000 establishments across the country. The power supplier, in a statement released Wednesday, further indicates that it will take months before it
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
ESCOM neglects dangerous electricity pole in Mzuzu
A Councillor in Mzuzu says Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has been neglecting an electricity pole which has been in a leaning position for three weeks and is posing danger to residents at Chibavi in Mzuzu. From a video posted on social media by Councillor for Chibavi East Edward
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Chakwera, Nyusi lay foundation stone for 400kv energy project
President Lazarus Chakwera and Mozambican President, Filipe Nyusi, yesterday laid a foundation stone for the  400kv Mozambique-Malawi Transmission Project which aims at establishing a transmission link between the two countries in order to meet increasing electricity demand in Malawi. Speaking in
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Consumers protest Escom’s tariff hike
Electricity users and other stakeholders Monday took turns in denouncing a proposal by the State-run Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) to increase tariffs by 69.7 percent in the next five years. This came out during the first public hearing on the proposal organised by the Malawi
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Malawians to experience 15 hours of blackout on Sunday
Nkula Power plant The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says domestic users in most parts of the country, will this Sunday 19th February be subjected to 15 hours of blackout as the whole country will only have 130 Megawatts of electricity. This is according to ESCOM’s Thursday
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
ESCOM begs MERA to hike electricity
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says it will soon cease to exist if it does not hike electricity tariffs in the country by more than 40 per cent. Speaking at a press briefing today, ESCOM Chief executive officer Kamkwamba Kumwenda said since its unbundling in 2018, the company has
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
ESCOM says 7-hour national power outage caused by vandalism
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says vandalism on its Nkula A to Blantyre 66 Kilovolts overhead line led to the seven-hour blackout last night. The power outage started at around 6pm and power was restored at around 1am today. ESCOM Chief Executive Officer Kamkwamba Kumwenda
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Electricity connection fee already low in Malawi – ESCOM
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says the K93,200 electricity connection fee which customers pay is already lower than the actual average cost of K365,000 which is required for each new connection. The electricity supplier has said this a statement released today on optional
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Man arrested over vandalism of ESCOM poles and wires worth K9.8m
A 26-year-old man is in police custody at Lilongwe Police Station for cutting down Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) poles, also known as spans, and for theft of 1500 metres of conductor wires all valued at K9,750,000. The suspect has been identified as Nevas Chimphanje, of Sinyala
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Blackout to last 14 hours on Sunday
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has announced that Malawians should expect prolonged loadshedding this Sunday as there will be emergency maintenance works at its power plants. In a statement today, ESCOM has said the country is expected to have only 82 Megawatts which will be used
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Creation of more electricity companies has piled costs on consumers – ESCOM
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says there are many companies governing about 400 Megawatts in the electricity sector and this is pilling costs on the consumer. ESCOM officials led by Chief executive officer Kamkwamba Kumwenda appeared before a Joint Parliamentary Committee
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Turning journalists into Public Relations managers
Recently, the Kenyan Cabinet approved the Institute of Public Relations and Communication Management (IPRAC) Bill. In a statement, Arik Karani, President of Public Relations Society of Kenya, said once enacted into law, IPRAC would provide a framework for regulating and standardising the practice
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ESCOM wants electricity tariff increased by 69.7%
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has submitted an application in which it is asking the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) to approve a 69.7% electricity tariff increase. According to a statement from MERA, the application for the tariff increase is for the period between
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
House catches fire at Police College in Zomba
A house at Police College in Zomba caught fire Thursday afternoon following a suspected electrical fault. Eyewitnesses who opted for anonymity told Malawi24 that the fire started at around 2 in the afternoon when Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) power was on and off. The fire
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ESCOM yakana kuti ikulumikiza magetsi mwaulere
Pamene anthu ena chimwemwe chinadzadza tsaya kuti nyumba zawo zilumikizidwa magetsi mwaulere, kampani yogulitsa mphamvu za magetsi ya Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) yatsutsa malipoti oti yayamba kulumikiza magetsi mwaulere kwa aMalawi. Kumayambiliro kwa sabata ino, mphekesera
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