Business In Cameroon28 Jun 2021 13:42
Electricity: municipalities in three regions of Cameroon in the dark because of yet another failure on the transport network
(Business in Cameroon) - Since the morning of June 28, 2021, several municipalities in the Littoral region (in particular the economic capital of Cameroon), the South-West and the West, have been deprived of electricity. This galley began the day before in Douala, the economic capital, after a new failure in the transport network. But, underlines the electrician Eneo, the concessionaire of the public electricity service in Cameroon, the energy had been restored after 10 p.m., thanks to " the drop in demand and a reconfiguration of the transport structures ".
But, “ since this morning (June 28), a combination of this transport incident and the rise in demand are increasing the constraints on the distribution network. Thus, several localities in the communes of Douala (…), the South-West and the West are subject to rationing ”, informs Eneo in an official press release, specifying that the company is awaiting information from of the National Electricity Transport Company (Sonatrel).
“ Eneo has not been authorized to make investments in this segment since 2012, and the transport network suffers from under-investment. This may explain the congestion and the upsurge in major incidents. Since 2012, we have also submitted to the public authorities a master plan for the period 2012-2025 in which all the needs for new investments in transport were expressed ”, explained Eric Mansuy, CEO of Eneo, in an interview with Investir au Cameroon in April 2021.
Indeed, incidents on the electricity transmission network, the management of which is now the responsibility of Sonatrel, have been more and more recurrent for several months. Since the start of 2021, we learn from authorized sources, this network has even collapsed twice, plunging most of the country into darkness. These multiple outages, to which must be added the regular load shedding, following work to strengthen the distribution network carried out by Eneo, seem to have wiped out the effects of the investments made in the construction of energy infrastructure in the country since 2012.
This situation, detrimental to economic activities in the country, has become all the more worrying as all the players in the electricity sector in Cameroon (government and concessionaire) have been called upon to explain themselves to the deputies since this morning of the 28th. June 2021, as part of a “ special plenary session of the National Assembly ”.
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