Factsheet: What is the current situation with electricity in Zimbabwe? - ZimFact
Ngoni Mhuruyengwe
October 27, 2023
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) published a statement on October 25 informing the public of depressed power generation in the country, which it attributed to technical faults at Hwange Power Station and standard maintenance work at one of the major units. This has led to increased load-shedding.
With Hwange Power Station running on full capacity, the daily average electricity generation is 1614 Megawatts as recorded on October 17, 2023.
According to statistics published daily by the Zimbabwe Power Company, the entire country is running on 892 Megawatts, a 722 Megawatts deficit from the daily average. The current distribution is as follows:
What  has caused the reduction in power generation?
The ZETDC says this is due to some technical faults at Hwange Thermal Power Station, and  maintenance at the recently synchronized Unit 7. A statutory procedure requires this Unit to be taken off the grid after running for a defined period. The company said it expected this to be completed in 30 days.
No. The power distribution company has not yet published a national schedule pertaining to the load-shedding. Communities are experiencing different hours of load shedding while some have gone for days without power.
Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company
Zimbabwe Power Company
FEATUREDTRENDING