Zambia starts electricity rationing for non-mining industry

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Zambia has started rationing electricity to non-mining businesses, a move expected to hurt industrial production and commercial services, business groups said. The country began rationing power on Saturday to address a daily electricity deficit of 273 Megawatts (MW), said Henry Kapata, spokesman for state power utility Zesco. "If generation is maintained at the current level, Kariba dam will drain to minimum operating level by November," Kapata said, referring to Zambia's largest hydropwer plant. "All customers shall be subjected to this for four hours daily but mining companies have their own agreements, ... (full story)