{"id":47251,"date":"2023-09-23T19:53:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T19:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/cyclones-cost-electricity-company-e22m-in-2022"},"modified":"2023-09-23T20:22:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T20:22:22","slug":"cyclones-cost-electricity-company-e22m-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/cyclones-cost-electricity-company-e22m-in-2022","title":{"rendered":"Cyclones cost electricity company \u20ac22M in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The cyclones that affected Mozambique in 2022 cost Eletricidade de Moc\u0327ambique (EDM) more than $23.8 million (\u20ac22 million), according to data from the state-owned electricity company that Lusa saw on Friday.<\/p>\n

According to EDM\u2019s final accounts, the Mozambican electricity grid suffered \u201cmajor damage\u201d in 2022, resulting in the fall of medium and low voltage power pylons, causing the unavailability of power in the system, which \u201caffected around 300,000 customers\u201d.<\/p>\n

Adding the damage to infrastructure to the reduction in collections, EDM calculated a loss directly associated with the impacts of the cyclones in 2022 of $23,852,265.<\/p>\n

This was due firstly to the effects of storm Ana, which hit the provinces of Nampula, Zambe\u0301zia, Tete, Niassa, Sofala and Manica in January last year, affecting around 120,000 people and causing 10,814 to be displaced. In addition to the effects on the electricity grid, the storm destroyed 23,400 houses, eight bridges, 13 health centres and 543 classrooms in 249 schools.<\/p>\n

This was followed in March by tropical cyclone Gombe, which hit the provinces of Nampula, Zambe\u0301zia and Sofala, with wind gusts of up to 230 kilometres per hour, affecting 736,015 people and causing 7,086 displaced people, as well as 78,635 houses and eight bridges destroyed, among other serious impacts.<\/p>\n

At the end of last year, EDM operated a 22,992-kilometre medium-voltage distribution network and a 6,355-kilometre transmission network with 15,906 pylons.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s profits increased by almost 150% in 2022, compared to the previous year, to 5.22 billion meticais (\u20ac75.3 million), according to the report and accounts of the state-owned electricity company previously reported by Lusa.<\/p>\n

The number of EDM customers grew by 14% in 2022, compared to the previous year, to 2,936,751, also advancing the \u201cexpansion of the network and the intensification of new connections\u201d, which allowed 356,640 more families \u201cto benefit from electricity, exceeding the target set in the business plan by 11.5%\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to EDM, of the country\u2019s 416 administrative posts, 318 are connected to the National Electricity Grid, which represents a coverage rate of 76% across the country.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. The cyclones that affected Mozambique in 2022 cost Eletricidade de Moc\u0327ambique (EDM) more than $23.8 million (\u20ac22 million), according to data from the state-owned electricity company that Lusa saw on Friday. 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