By Jason McLure
(Bloomberg) — Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa will face continued power outages for the next two to three months because the country’s state-owned utility can only meet 60 percent of demand, Capital reported.
The city of about 4 million people uses about 200 megawatts while the utility can generate 120 megawatts, the Addis Ababa- based newspaper said, citing Mihiret Debebe, the general manager of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corp.
The utility has installed 45 diesel generators in the city to cope with the shortage. Rain shortfalls this year have left reservoirs low in Ethiopia, which depends on hydropower for more than 90 percent of its electricity.
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To contact the reporter on this story: Jason McLure in Addis Ababa via the Johannesburg bureau at abolleurs@bloomberg.netVernon Wessels in Johannesburg at vwessels@bloomberg.net
FORUM | 9 Comments
Frends which news coming from Ethiopia shall we belive? Wasnt it a feew monthes before that we have heard as EELPA is going to sell electric power to naboring countries? What type of sabotage is Woyane going to do again? Because I remember what meles has done against Muger cement factory to sell and promot there owend cement factory product from Tigray.Let GOD forgive that nation in captivity.
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April 7th, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Were not the Woyanes bragging about exporting Electricity to neighbouring countries ??
These liar Woyanes think that that they can lead a country just by lies. They lie today and think that we Ethiopians will forget the lies tomorrow.
What a curse brings these Agames to be part of Ethiipia.
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April 7th, 2008 at 12:51 PM
what happened all to that hoopla that Ethiopia was the power house for power? I always knew lies catch up to you sooner or later, but woyanes lies are catching up to them almost too soon. A few years ago they said Ethiopia would be a model for highspeed connectivity; Ethiopia is the joke of connectivity now. You have to be a billionaire to have the slowest dial up connectivity. The disparity between the upbeat news/propaganda vs the grim reality on the ground is simply astonishing. I am not holding woyanes responsible for Ethiopia not having a network of highspeed connectivity. The poverty in our country is deep rooted and is going to take a long time of hard work from all of us. What I hate is woyanes attempt to use it as a means to justify its brutal dictatorship. As a matter of fact, democracy and the rule of law, the only tools Ethiopians have to get out of this poverity are being trampled on by the same woyane who is claiming to fight poverity. If a dictatorship builds one dam, free societies build ten times as much. If a dictator generates 1000MW of power, free societies generate 10,000MW. On top of that, whatever they have claimed to have achieved is FALSE, as it is evident here. A pure lie.
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April 7th, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Elias,
How does one post an article to your site? Ocassionally, I like to do just that for the information of your readers, but, I haven’t figure it out yet. Hopefully you would advise on that. Anyway, please read this article:
http://www.shabait.com/staging/publish/article_008120.html
Does the article sound one that was written by “Ethiopia haters” as some of our Ethiopian friends keep on saying about the GOE? I think not…
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Bert, you can register as ER blogger to do that or join the Forum. – Elias
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April 7th, 2008 at 3:11 PM
We, immigrants, who lived in Sudan one time or another, know very well what a blackout of electricity is.There will be no fans or air conditioners, no fridges.The temperature will turn to a virtual hell.In Ethiopia where the temperature is mild there is no heavy or suffocating air.The effect of the climate on the lives of the population will not be the same. Even then the power outrage will have disasterous consequences. How can a person pass a night without bulbs? How can he cook?
The problem,without doubt,is incompetent leadership.What do the economic planners at the Ministry of Economic Planning do? Can’t they forcast or project the future demand of the fastly growing Ethiopian population? They are a group of dumbs!
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April 7th, 2008 at 7:28 PM
3mothes power shortage? Is this a joke? Didn’t we read about 2 or 3 monthes or less that Ethiopia will exporting left over power from Ethiopia to other African countries near by?
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April 7th, 2008 at 11:52 PM
This news easily demonestrate how a big liers and incompetent our leadres are! Shame on them!
It is obvious that a country that has connected power only to 6% of its own people is not in a position to export power to other countries at all.
Hab
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April 8th, 2008 at 1:28 AM
I am exhausted of hearing about our country! How is that we Ethiopians condemned to hear such extremely sad stories everyday of our lives?
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April 8th, 2008 at 7:34 AM
I am afraid of all of those woyane buchilla who always failed to respect their people. Among these, tolosa tesfaye, junedin sado, minase W/Giorgis, Taye tecklemariam, Girma wolde/giorgis etc. are the most shameful and hodam donkey always telling lie. Bulshit!
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April 8th, 2008 at 11:23 AM