ZESCO REINTRODUCES ELECTRICITY CONNECTION SUBSIDY, TARGETS 8, 300 CUSTOMERS 

By NATION REPORTER 

ZESCO Limited has announced the reintroduction of electricity connection subsidy which will pave way for 8, 300 new connections broken down as 7, 800 for households and 500 small scale enterprises, countrywide that will done on first come first serve basis.

In a statement, Zesco Managing Director Victor Mapani says the subsidy which will be available on a first come first serve basis was targeting about 7,800 households and 500 small medium enterprises countrywide.

Mr. Mapani said the subsidised connections form part of the Electricity Service Access Project (ESAP), a government initiative whose purpose is to increase access to electricity specifically for the rural populations.

He said the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) and Zesco had been tasked to be the main project execution agency so that as many as possible households could be connected to the national grid.

Mr. Mapani explained that at its inception in 2017, part of the ESAP component received US$26.5 million funding from the World Bank and had an initial connection target of 22, 000 low income households and 1, 000 small medium enterprises in five years.

He said at the close of this component in June 2022, a total of 58, 411 electricity connections were made countrywide.

And Mr. Mapani has said in the current project, which would be conducted on a first come first serve basis, connections would be ceased once the targeted number was achieved.

[/ihc-hide-content