MBABANE – The Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) is determined to improve the country’s energy security, as they have taken another step in determining local cogeneration of electricity. This comes after EEC Managing Director Ernest Mkhonta and the company’s executive management met with the new Country Managing Director for Ubombo Sugar Limited (USL), Muzi Siyaya.
According an official statement from EEC, “EEC and USL have a long-standing relationship in the industry. USL enjoys a cogeneration powers supply agreement with EEC and is one of the first Independent Power Producers (IPP) that contribute to the country’s baseload.”
Mkhonta expressed his appreciation to former USL Country Managing Director Oswald Magwenzi for his contribution to the success of the business relation between the two companies and wished him well in his new endeavors, according the EEC statement on the meeting.
“We welcome the new Country Managing Director back home and we believe he will help us take the cogeneration business into greater heights,” Mkhonta said.
Mkhonta mentioned that Siyaya joins USL at the time when EEC is implementing a 5-year corporate strategy, which is focused on increasing local generation capacity, among other initiatives. Mkhonta stated that USL is one of the major players in the effectiveness of the EEC strategy.
EEC supplies nearly all of the power in the Kingdom of Eswatini, and relies on suppliers like USL to make up for the deficit of electricity produced locally.
