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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>ZESA Holdings has refused to budge on its position on power billing in US dollars despite calls by captains of industry for more flexibility.<\/p>\n

Officials from ZESA Holdings\u2019 subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), and captains of industry met a fortnight ago over the issue but the meeting ended in a deadlock after the power utility rejected proposals that were made by industry.<\/p>\n

The captains of industry had proposed to have the US dollar bills matched to the proportion of forex sales and this was rejected by ZETDC.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Business Times, Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) president Kurai Matsheza the new tariff announced by ZESA is unsustainable.<\/p>\n

ZESA announced power tariffs of US12.21c\/kWh for all exporters with other forex earners paying US10.63c\/kWh.<\/p>\n

Matsheza said that they are now seeking the intervention of Energy and Power Development Minister, Zhemu Soda. He said:<\/p>\n

The business community carried out discussions with ZETDC but no agreement was reached hence we have now requested a meeting with the Energy Minister himself.<\/p>\n

So far we haven\u2019t gotten a response on his availability but we wanted to discuss the blanket US$ billing, electricity availability, how the power situation can be addressed, and the bill on forex generation capacity.<\/p>\n

Previously, most customers paid in Zimbabwe dollars, under a stepped billing system where users paid tariffs in line with the amount of electricity used.<\/p>\n

Only a few exporters or partial exporters, including miners, paid for electricity in forex. Said Matsheza:<\/p>\n

ZETDC told us the billing in US$ for exporting companies and those who are generating US$ through local sales should pay 100% in forex.<\/p>\n

We raised an issue to say these blanket groupings may not be ideal.<\/p>\n

Whilst we understand the need to raise US$, why didn\u2019t they look at the individual customer and say to what extent do you generate US$ sales and bill accordingly?<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe is facing acute electricity shortages that have resulted in blackouts lasting 18 hours a day for millions of citizens.<\/p>\n

The power cuts are being caused by low water levels that have reduced generation from a hydropower plant on Lake Kariba as well as frequent breakdowns at the Hwange Thermal Power Station.<\/p>\n

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