The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission & Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has apologised for a nationwide power outage that occurred on Tuesday 27 September 2022 at around 1026 hrs. In a statement seen by Pindula News, ZETDC said the blackout was unplanned and urged members of the public to use electricity sparingly. Reads the statement:
NOTICE: TRANSMISSION SYSTEM DISRUPTION
Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission & Distribution Company (ZETDC) would like to apologize to its valued customers for an unplanned nationwide power outage that happened at 1026HRS. This was due to an abrupt system disturbance on the Alaska-Warren high voltage transmission powerlines (Linking Kariba and Harare). This has since been resolved by our Engineers.
Further to our communication on the 24th of September 2022, customers are encouraged to use electricity sparingly as the national grid is still experiencing depressed generation.
The inconvenience caused is sincerely regretted.
On 24 the power utility announced increased nationwide load-shedding. Read in part the statement we posted earlier:
NOTICE OF LOADSHEDDING: NATIONWIDE
Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company ( ZETDC) would like to advise its valued customers that there is increased load curtailment from the 24th of September 2022. This is due to technical challenges being experienced at our Kariba and Hwange Power Stations as well as import constraints. The utility is therefore conducting a maintenance exercise to ensure full restoration of service.