{"id":71589,"date":"2018-11-13T09:49:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T07:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=71589"},"modified":"2018-11-13T09:49:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T07:49:19","slug":"malawi-hosts-regional-energy-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/11\/13\/malawi-hosts-regional-energy-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi hosts regional energy meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Chimwemwe Mangazi: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69696\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69696\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/collins-magalasi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/collins-magalasi-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/collins-magalasi-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/collins-magalasi-278x202.jpg 278w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/collins-magalasi.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MAGALASI\u2014We have scrutinized inputs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Malawi is from Tuesday hosting a four-day Regional Electricity Regulatory Association of Southern Africa (Rera) summit in Lilongwe.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates from at least 11 member states are expected to be part of the meeting at which they will discuss the energy crisis in the region.<\/p>\n<p>This is coming at a time Malawi is facing an energy crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) Chief Executive Officer, Collins Magalasi, Monday said Malawi would use the forum to discuss on regional power interconnection issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe would also be looking at challenges that are facing the electricity and energy sector in the region,\u201d<\/em> Magalasi said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Magalasi said delegates would also discuss energy sector governance.<\/p>\n<p>Countries forming Rera include Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Angola, Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>In Malawi, where less than 12 percent of the population has access to the electricity grid, the lack of reliable power supply is a major constraint to business and economic growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chimwemwe Mangazi: Malawi is from Tuesday hosting a four-day Regional Electricity Regulatory Association of Southern Africa (Rera) summit in Lilongwe. Delegates from at least 11 member states are expected to be part of the meeting at which they will discuss the energy crisis in the region. This is coming at a time Malawi is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71593,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71589\/revisions\/71593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}