| ENE to Provide Electricity to Entire
Country by 2009
ANIP NEWS, 09.09.2005
The National Electrical Company (ENE) announced
its plans this week to install new infrastructure to provide
electrical service to regions of the country that have been
without electricity. The “Strategic Development Plan for 2005/2009”
includes the rehabilitation of electrical infrastructure in
production centers, as well as the electrification of more rural
areas. ENE Chairman Eduardo Nelumba said that the plan calls
for a partnership between national and foreign investors in
electrification projects. The plan focuses on projects that
will increase the supply of electricity to urban centers and
agricultural zones and aims to supply electricity at competitive
prices and in an environmentally responsible manner.
In related news, Minister of Energy and Water Botelho de Vasconcelos
recently announced that electricity rates would need to be adjusted
to reflect actual production and supply costs. He said the government
would gradually reduce electricity subsidies in order to attract
private investors into the sector.
ANIP
NEWS
Press-center of Angola Embassy in Russia
09.09.2005
Embassy of Republic of Angola, 2005
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