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BPRA meets Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority
Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA)
November 30, 2012

Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) will be meeting with the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) this morning at 10am. The meeting is part of stakeholder consultations that are being held by the statutory body as it considers a proposal by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) to increase tariffs. The meeting will also enhance BPRA's understanding of the mandate of the statutory body and its current projects while providing a platform for the association to air its concerns on energy provision in the country. Issues on the agenda of the meeting include a presentation by ZERA on its mandate, legal provisions, the tariff review process and its objectives, and input by BPRA into current quality of service and its impact on business operations, proposals on new tariff structures and energy efficiency measures instituted by consumers.

BPRA will use the meeting to register its dismay with continued load shedding in the country, and continued disconnection of residents with outstanding bills. On the matter of the proposed tariff review, the association will argue that an increase in tariffs is ill timed as the country's economic situation has not improved, meaning that residents would not be able to cope with a tariff increase. BPRA believes that the fact that residents have been failing to settle bills at current levels is an indication that they will not be able to cope with a tariff increase.

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