Bizarre tariffs cripple Zim power projects

ZIMBABWE’S sub-economic tariffs are affecting the country’s efforts to fund access projects including backbone infrastructural development, Energy and Power Development ministry permanent secretary Gloria Magombo has said.

She said efforts to improve revenue assurance through the prepayment metering and smart metering projects were hindered by limited funding.

Speaking during the national electrification analysis workshop for stakeholders in Harare yesterday, Magombo said revenue assurance expected from electricity sales had failed to make a positive impact as Zesa operated with a high debtors’ book due to failure to collect revenue.

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