Ethiopia lifts power rationing for homes: state-affiliated media
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopia on Monday lifted power rationing for homes and reduced loadshedding times for industries after water levels at hydroelectric dams rose, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting said.
Fana quoted Seleshi Bekele, the minister for water and electricity, saying that water levels at the country’s Gibe 3 dam had increased, prompting the changes.
Seleshi had said in May when announcing the rationing that the drop in water levels at Gibe 3 dam had led to a deficit of 476 megawatts, more than a third of the country’s electricity generation of 1,400 MW.
Reporting by George Obulutsa, editing by Deepa Babington
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