Other institutions of the power sector in Lesotho

Lesotho Electricity Authority - LEC

LEC, which is a parastatal, is the main and oldest institution of the power sector of Lesotho. As of September 2006, it had approximately a total of over 50,000 customers.

Large customers, who contribute some 60% of LEC's revenue, were only 374. The remainder was mainly domestic consumers and small businesses and the like, which are known as general-purpose customers. The utility's peak demand was 94.2 MW in July 2004.

For more on LEC, visit www.lec.co.ls

Lesotho Highlands Development Authority - LHDA

LHDA owns and operates Lesotho's only relatively large generating facility, the 'Muela Hydropower Station which is par of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. 'Muela has a nominal capacity of 72MW. All of its production is sold to LEC through a power purchase agreement.

For more on LHDA, visit www.lhwp.org.ls

Rural Electrification Unit - REU

REU was established in early 2004 under the Department of Energy. It has been put in place as a follow-up tof the recommendations of several studies and the draft rural electrification policy of 2003 that, to carry out rural electrification successfully there should be a body dedicated to implement rural electrification projects. Its primary responsibility is to implement electrification projects outside the service territory of LEC. Such area has been declared to be 3.5 km from the existing LEC network infrastructure throughout Lesotho.