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The targeted areas include Living- and development of power generation plants
stone/Chirundu in Zambia and Zim- to address the supply shortfall in the region.
babwe, respectively; Nakonde/Tunduma In 2019/20, the SADC region commissioned
(Zambia/Tanzania); as well as Kasum- 3,595 megawatts (MW) of power generation
balesa on the border between Zambia and capacity from both public utilities and inde-
the Democratic Republic of Congo pendent power producers. T e Malawi-
(DRC), and Beitbridge on the South Mozambique transmission interconnector
Africa-Zimbabwe border. reached f nancial closure and implementation
was scheduled to commence in the second
quarter of 2020.
ENERGY SECTOR T e governments of Angola and Zambia
signed an Inter-Governmental Memorandum
of Understanding to facilitate the preparation
Energy Supply and Power Trading and implementation of the Angola-Zambia
Regional transmission infrastructure plays a transmission interconnector.
vital role in facilitating energy trading and
security of supply among SADC Member Regional Energy Sector Regulatory
States through management of surpluses Initiatives
and def cits within the region. To unlock T rough the Regional Electricity Regulators
transmission congestion and promote shar- Association of Southern Africa (RERA), the
ing of benef ts from increased generation SADC Secretariat is providing technical assis-
capacity across the borders of SADC Mem- tance to the DRC and Comoros to establish
ber States, the SADC Secretariat in collabo- energy regulatory authorities. T e technical
ration with the Southern African Power assistance is being funded under the Euro-
Pool Coordination Centre (SAPP CC) and pean Union (EU) Project on Enhancing of a
with support from the World Bank, is un- Sustainable Regional Energy Market for East-
dertaking a study on the modalities for es- ern Africa, Southern Africa and Indian
tablishing and operating the SADC Ocean. RERA has also accepted the member-
58 Regional Transmission Infrastructure Fi- ship application by the Utility Regulatory Au-
nancing Facility (RTIFF). thority of Mauritius.
In addition, the SADC Secretariat, To create an enabling environment for en-
through SAPP, has coordinated the planning ergy trade and support the RTIFF initiatives,

Proposed Scope of the SADC Regional Transmission Infrastructure Financing Facility

Source: SADC Secretariat, 2020