GOVERNMENT has called on the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) to finalise the operationalisation of the Regional Transmission Infrastructure Financing Facility (RTIFF) by 2027. And Kanona Power Company Limited has called on SAPP to urgently expand transmission infrastructure and strengthen cross-border interconnections. Energy Minister Makozo Chikote says the facility presents an innovative vehicle to leverage private capital for critical transmission projects. In a speech read on his behalf by the Permanent Secretary for Electricity, Arnold Simwaba during the 66th Southern African Power Pool Management Committee (MANCO) meeting, Thursday, Chikote said utilities in the region were facing challenges that were affecting their financial performance. “With regional electricity access levels averaging around 50 percent, and some countries as low as 20 percent,...