OUTAGE OF KAPICHIRA POWER STATION FOR MAJOR REPAIR WORKS OF SPILLWAY GATES

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is informing the public and all stakeholders that it will carry out major repair works at its Kapichira Power Station. The works will be carried out during the weekends of 8th to 9th January 2022 and 15th to 17th January 2022.

These repair works cannot be done while machines are in operation as they involve divers working under water at the Kapichira Power Station water reservoir. As such, EGENCO will have to shut down Kapichira Power Station machines for the safety of the divers. In the process, Kapichira Power Station’s generation capacity of 129.6MW will not be available to the national grid.

The works will be carried out from 6 o’clock in the morning to 5 o’clock in the evening on Saturday 8 January 2022, Sunday 9 January 2022, Saturday 15 January 2022, Sunday 16 January 2022 and Monday 17 January 2022.

EGENCO will ensure that these repair works are carried out in a manner that will not adversely affect power supply to ESCOM. As such, during the period that the maintenance works will be underway, its power generation machines at Nkula, Tedzani, Wovwe and diesel power plants will be in full operation.

EGENCO wishes to further emphasize that these works are very crucial for the successful and safe operation of the Kapichira Power Station.

The Company sincerely regrets any inconveniences that these maintenance works may cause.