ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says Maamba Collieries’ 150 megawatts generator which was removed from feeding into the national grid due to maintenance is expected to be back online today. In a statement, Tuesday, Kapala said the development is because government had intervened to have the scheduled maintenance period reduced in order to help reduce load shedding. “Maamba Collieries Limited will be back online tomorrow (Wednesday) and it will start feeding into the national grid. This is after the new dawn government intervened to have the scheduled maintenance period reduced in order to help reduce load-shedding. As of today, stabilization tests are on-going though the generator is now ready to be put into servicing the national grid. We expect Maamba to...

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