MOZAMBIQUE’s publicly owned Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), will for the next 12 months supply between five and 35 megawatts of power to the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC).

The Mozambican utility has been supplying its Southern African neighbour with power for over 10 years to assist with the shortfall in supply that Lesotho faces.

The EDM chairperson, Marcelino Gildo and the LEC managing director, Mohato Seleke, signed a power supply contract which will help Lesotho meet its seasonal demand and enhance the sourcing of electricity.

Based on this agreement, LEC will receive between five and 35MW, a seasonal demand, which will reinforce the electricity supply to LEC. The contract is in the region of $8 million.

An EDM press release issued this week states that both EDM and LEC are part of the Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP), through which the national electricity companies in Southern Africa cooperate, under the auspices of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Since 2008, EDM has been one of the suppliers of electricity to Lesotho.

The enhancing of bilateral trade is part of the EDM Business Plan for 2020-2024, which introduced a new business management model focused essentially on power production, with an even growing contribution of renewable energies.