THE Tanzania Electric Supply Co. (TANESCO) has started to generate surplus electricity after years of rationing as more turbines are turned on at the Julius Nyerere Hydro Power Project (JNHPP).
Abubakar Issa, the firm’s acting executive director for distribution, made this observation yesterday when briefing members of the company’s board of directors who toured the JNHPP.
A company statement said that the current national demand stands at 1,707 megawatts while total generation capacity is pegged at 2,405 megawatts.
JNHPP has turned the page on power rationing with its surplus, at the end of this month turbine number seven will add 235MW when turned on, taking JNHPP to 705MW capacity attained, he said.
Zuhura Bundala, the board vice chairperson, lauded the project managers for the speed of implementing the project as it has ended the power rationing.
He urged the public to take pride in the matter as the government has managed this project with great care. This is a big project that will help push the industrial revolution, with reliable energy for production in factories and domestic activities.
The board members were happy to hear from experts overseeing the project that it has been completed at around 98 percent, encouraging o to maintain the same speed so that the project is completed on schedule, she stated.
Some board members were genuinely surprised with the speed of the work being done on the vast site, with the visit amplifying impressions they were getting from the media, she said.
“I was just looking at the media, but after seeing it with my own eyes I saw that it is a very big job,” she said.
Another board member, Dr Mary Mboma said that for a long time Tanzanians were waiting for the project to meet electricity needs in the country, and now the dream has come true.
This was the first visit for board members to the site of the project, at a moment where it is in its last stages, officials said.
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