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Dundumwezi Residents Appeal For NRCS: Understanding Climate Change and Energy in Light of Current Load Shedding
Dundumwezi Residents Appeal For NRCS: Understanding Climate Change and Energy in Light of Current Load Shedding
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Chifunabuli MP calls for localised manufacturing of fish stockfeed
By Melony Chisanga
Energy in light of current load shedding “They will come here and
say ‘we are just issuing 100
NRCs at this particular polling
station.’ But you will find that
THE year 2019 ended in by expounding on what load damage (technical failure, cause for load shedding, load people who are in need of
not-much style; not so much shedding is in this first sabotage, natural phenom- shedding isn’t cool at all! NRCs at that polling station are
electricity-driven celebra- article. ena including solar storms) AFDB financial statement between 500 to 1,000. So, how
tory activities for obvious Lets talk about load • Industrial/ social recently stated that do you issue only 100? Can
reasons, load shedding for shedding…. unrest (disruption to utility manufacturing sector in you imagine that kind of
the most part as well as not Basically, what we have all operations) Africa loses 56 days a year thinking!” Hanongo said.
very deep pockets at that! come to infamously know as • Inadequate in productivity due to The traditional leader
pointed out that those without
As per tradition, year-end load shedding is a form of generation capacity due to power outages; power NRCs, from seven villages
comes with it many load reduction and is adherence to recommended outages cost Africa 2-4% of under him, had been quantified.
“to-leave-in-the past” issues obtained by disconnecting generation regime GDP annually; and that is “As I speak to you, we
as well as a readiness to load at selected points on • Demand increase only when we look at it collected all the names of
making those “no-sooner- the transmission or outstrips available genera- from a macroeconomic and people without NRCs in the
made-than-broken” New distribution system. This is in tion capacity financial perspective. From a seven villages which fall under
Year resolutions! The one contrast to load curtailment • Post-blackout microeconomic perspective, my jurisdiction. They are 3,
resolution we should all which is where load recovery SMME’s that contribute the 892. These people are residents
of Womba, Saasa,
make this year, 2020, is to reduction is obtained from So, in a nutshell, we could most to GDP and are the Lyangunduma, Luumuno,
become an actively customers who are able to say that when we experi- biggest employer are the Moono, Hamiyanze and
participating earth inhabitant reduce demand on instruc- ence load shedding, as we ones suffering the brunt of it Choongo villages,” he said.
and to start positively tion or pre-agreement (sort are currently experiencing in the most. From a social Let’s talk S.E.E “We are extremely
contributing to the solutions of a power conservation Zambia, one or more of perspective, it is deeply (Sustainability, concerned at how we can
we need to heal mother programme such as was these reasons given above inconveniencing and Energy, Environment) transport all these people to go
earth and sustainably effected by ZESCO could well cause it. As such, demoralising. With Energy By Eng. Chisakula to Kalomo town for them to be
preserving it for future sometime back when they to remedy the situation, it being at the centre of the Kaputu issued with NRCs.”
Hanongo added that what
generations. asked mining loads to calls for solutions that Economic - ENERGY was complicating the situation,
Now, let’s get back to the reduce by an agreed factor). address all causes. In this - SocioPolitical nexus, one article we shall talk about in terms of transport costs to
issue of load shedding and There are several reasons instance, we have shortage cannot even start to climate change. Kalomo town, was that almost
not raining on X-mas day; for effecting load reduction, of water or a rationing of over-emphasise the all households in Dundumwezi
some may attribute this to among these being: water as a primary energy importance that energy were ravaged by hunger.
The author is an “People are looking for
many issues with the most • Primary energy source/ prime mover for the plays. And that is not just energy expert with
current one being climate constraint (shortage of turbines at the hydropower energy for the sake of money to buy rationed amounts
over 25 years of of mealie meal, to buy fertiliser
change. Please, do stay water, diesel, etc.) generating plants as one energy; it is energy that is experience (Industrial and also to pay school fees next
focused now - we are talking • Generation plant cause as well as an aging available, affordable and Mining, Academia, week,” noted Hanongo.
about climate change and performance (low energy fleet and grid that is reliable (basically ensuring Power Infrastructure/ “So, it’s very difficult to
energy in light of the availability due to high inadvertently creating a energy security). ESI, Electrical consul- raise transport money for a
current load shedding. unplanned/planned plant generation deficit and power Okay, enough said on load tancy and energy child who wants to go and have
Before I proceed to talk unavailability due to evacuation constraint/ shedding and its plausible an NRC. We are asking the
advisory & government to kindly help us in
more about climate change maintenance schedules) bottleneck. causes and quite visible consultancy).
and energy, let me first start • Infrastructure Notwithstanding the ramifications. In the next any way.”