Leading power distributor Umeme has picked up the threads of the anti–power theft operation it launched in March. It has fanned out from Central Uganda, Jinja, 80 kilometres East of Kampala, and now to Mbale city, even farther East with an excursion in Bukedi region launched yesterday. The operation is meant to check illegal connections, meter tampering, and to ensure bills due are settled. It comes on the heels of the increase in energy losses by one percentage point – from 16.4% to 17.5% – between 2019 and 2020. To underscore the importance of the task, Umeme together with local…
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Power distributor Umeme has reached out to customers about the recovery of electricity arrears for the benefits enjoyed by some customers in December 2020. Peter Kaujju, the Head of Communications at Umeme, explained that in December 2020, some customers received more units (excess credit) than they paid for or were charged double standard service fees. He explained that the excess credit was/will be recovered during the March/April 2021 transactions, while those who were charged double standard service fee have or will be refunded in their next transactions. “All the affected customers will or have already been notified by SMS. All…
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Power distributor Umeme has launched countrywide operations against suspected electricity thieves. This follows a rise in energy losses from 16.4% in 2019 to 17.5% 2020. The increase is attributed to the suspension of drives against illegal connections following the Government-imposed lockdown in March through June 2020 to check COVID-19. Now that the restrictions are eased, Umeme, working with Uganda Police, has resumed the operations to curb power theft dubbed Komboa. Peter Kaujju, the Head Communications at Umeme while speaking during the launch of Komboa at the Umeme Mutundwe Substation said, “Komboa is swahili for ‘Redeem.’ In Umeme’s case, to redeem…
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Despite a tough 2020, characterised, by among others, a Covid-19-induced slowdown in power consumption as well as the government suspension of the free Electricity Connection Programme (ECP), Umeme has announced it still managed to connect more customers as well as return a moderate return for its shareholders- albeit lower than 2019. In results announced yesterday, Umeme announced that total customer numbers increased by 2.5% from 1,469,963 in 2019 to 1,506,920 in 2020. Worth noting is that there was an above-average growth in industrial customers, notably, a 5% increase (from 2,714 to 2,845) in medium industrial customers and another 5% increase…
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Northern Uganda has experienced unprecedented growth over the past years which has come along with increasing demand for electricity. Given the escalating thirst for electricity, Umeme and other sector players including Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL), Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) and Rural Electrification Agency (REA) are undertaking critical projects to improve supply reliability in the region. John Baptist Magulu, Umeme’s Customer Service Engineer, said they have doubled Gulu substation’s capacity from 5 MW 10MW to cope with growing demand. “We are focusing our investments on upgrading the network to improve electricity reliability. The line from Lira to…
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Leading power distributor Umeme has embarked on stakeholder engagement meetings with various stakeholders across the country, starting with Northern Uganda to explain the company’s planned projects aimed at improving power reliability in the communities. The main objective of the meetings was to inform customers in the districts of Lira, Gulu and Kitgum, about the scheduled supply reliability improvements projects in the month of February, and the likely short term impact in terms of outages and supply interruptions to customers. As such this will affect supply in the entire northern region. All the shutdowns will run from 08:00am to 06:00 on…
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The number of households opting for customer-funded connections to the national power grid is now at 5,283. Power distributor Umeme reveals it received these applications between December 2020 and January 2021. The government had earlier in December implored eligible applicants that can afford to pay for connections to do so. Peter Kaujju, Head of communications at Umeme said, “We have received about 5,283 applications to date of which 2,337 have so far been connected to the grid. We have been able to connect people within a space of four working days even when the regulatory days range between 10 and…
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Power distributor Umeme is closing 2020 on a high note after completing the $83.3 million planned expenditure despite challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Umeme spent $83.3 million (UGX310 billion) in 2020 to ramp up capacity enhancement and porno türk network stabilization programme in rapidly growing regions across its footprint. The money is part of the $450m (UGX1.7 trillion) for the 2019 and 2025 investment agenda. Speaking to a cross-section of the media yesterday, Selestino Babungi, the Umeme Managing Director said he is glad that the company has completed all the investment hd porno works that were laid out…
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Ms Thozama Gangi, the Managing Director Eskom Uganda, has been chosen by the Energy Generators and Distributors Association of Uganda (EGADAU) as its founding Chairperson. EGADAU, which brings together 13 founding partner members, was launched yesterday, 2nd December 2020 by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Dr Mary Gorreti Kitutu. The 13 players are: Umeme Limited, Bujagali Energy, Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL), Eskom Uganda Limited, Kilembe Mines, Kinyara Sugar, Jacobsen Elektro, Kalangala Infrastructure Services (KIS), West Nile Rural Electrification Company (WENRECO), Kakira Sugar, Xsabo, Berkeley Energy, Hydromaxx, Electromaxx and the Cities and Infrastructure for Growth (CIG) Uganda….
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President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned Umeme’s upgraded multibillion Mbale Substation near Bugema that is expected to make power supply stable in the area. Selestino Babungi, the Umeme Managing Director, explained that the $17m (UGX64b) modern substation will now make electricity supply in eastern region more reliable resulting from the integration of the new transmission 50MW substation at the Mbale Industrial Park. He said the capacity banks installed will stabilise voltages and quality of supply to industrial customers. Babungi noted the upgrading of the substation has now created flexibility in supply from varying sources such as Tororo, Siti 2 and UETCL…
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