ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala has stressed that there will be no increment in electricity tariffs until the cost of service study is analysed. In an interview, Monday, Kapala said the study was yet to reach his office as it was expected to be at the Ministry of Energy either this week or next week. He said once the study was received, all stakeholders including Zesco needed to be engaged on the findings. “I don’t have a copy. As far as I know, it has gone to the sponsors which is [the] African Development Bank to go through and then sign, that is when everybody will receive it. It is not yet released, so I am hoping that this week it...

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