By Rawlings Magede Energy Minister, Fortune Chasi recently outlawed the fitting of new electric geysers in a move aimed at reducing demand for electricity and encourage the use of renewable sources of energy. The Minister announced this in line with regulations contained in Statutory Instrument 235 of 2019.How this is going to be monitored and effected remains a complex puzzle. While such pronouncements are positive and seek to save power, the Minister was rather mum on how it was going to be enforced. The announcement follow an earlier communication on the breakdown of the Hwange power plant hence the need to increase load shedding. In October this year, the power utility increased its tariffs by over 320 percent which translates to 162, 16 cents kilowatt hour. The justification for the hike was that the power utility needed to improve power supply. A month later after the astronomical hike, consumers are still exposed to more than 10 hours without power. In the past t
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