Ministry of Energy and Minerals Deputy Permanent Secretary (Energy), Dr Juliana Pallangyo
The remark was made in Dar es Salaam last week by the Ministry of
Energy and Minerals Deputy Permanent Secretary (Energy), Dr Jualiana
Pallangyo, in a conference for members of the Southern African Power
Pool.
The member countries include Bostwana, Mozambique, South Africa,
Lesotho, Namibia, Republic of Congo Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The conference is aimed at discussing various challenges facing
member countries in power business as well as share experiences. She
said that private investors could produce power from various sources
such as waterfalls, wind, biogas and solar.
Dr Pallangyo said that investors could invest through the
construction of power distribution infrastructure, development of small
hydropower projects and use of other sources such as winds. She noted
that investors could also establish factories for producing equipment
needed for the construction of power infrastructure.
Dr Pallangyo said the participation of the private sector in the
energy sector has been improving annually, insisting that the government
was still working on its plans to empower private investors in power
production.
She added that the government had created a favourable environment
for investment in the country, including enactment of laws which are
used as guidelines such as electricity Act 2008, Energy Policy 2008,
which encourage the participation of private sector in the business.
Other laws include Energy and Water Utility Regulatory Authority 2001, Rural Energy Agency Act 2005.
She, however, said the government had set up strategies to ensure
that the country had reliable power by 2025 by 75 per cent of all
citizens, especially the rural population.
“We expect to produce up to 10,000 megawatts which will help to
speed up the country’s economic growth through factories,” she said.
Southern African Power Pool; SAPP was formed in August 1995
during the Southern Africa Development meeting whereby the members
entered in agreement to collaborate in power business.
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