GOVERNMENT has granted the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) approval to import about 200 megawatts (MW) of power from the Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP) to mitigate the supply deficit in the wake of the power shortfall being experienced in the country.
SAPP is a cooperation of the national electricity companies in Southern Africa under the auspices of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
CEC supplies power to the mines on the Copperbelt and in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), some which is sourced locally from Zesco Limited through the bulk power supply agreement.