THERE is a likelihood that load-shedding will continue for some time, maybe it could just be to what degree, warns Itezhi-Tezhi Power Corporation Chief Executive Officer Moses Mbuta. Mbuta has also disclosed that the Itezhi-Tezhi Power Station is generating an average of 49 megawatts out of its expected generation capacity of 120 MW due to low water levels in the Itezhi-Tezhi Dam. In an interview, Tuesday, Mbuta said the Itezhi-Tezhi Power Station faced a double challenge of generating power and trying to store water in the dam. “Apparently what has come through (water) isn’t what we predicted. Actually, the forecast was that we were going to have normal to above-normal rainfall, and that was going to result in very good...
