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However, Association of Business in Zimbabwe chief executive officer Mr Lucky Mlilo said consumers should not be punished for Zesa’s failures.
“This is not in accordance with the provisions of the Electricity Act. The Electricity Act stipulates that Zesa’s main function is to regulate the electricity supply in Zimbabwe.
“The question is, how do you regulate the supply when the consumption is based on estimates,” he said.
Mr Mlilo said they were not happy with estimates because most were on the higher side.
The Matabeleland region vice- president of the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) Mrs Sheila Sidambe said use of estimated bills would affect businesses that were on a recovering path.
“We can not work on estimated bills as they are not accurate at all.
“Zesa is actually destroying our industry as we are paying for what we never used,” she said.
An upcoming entrepreneur, Mr Maxwell Ndlovu, said he goes for hours without power yet his bill never changes.
“Most of the time I run the business when there is no electricity. I only have electricity for only about three hours a day but the surprising part is that at the end of the month I get a $500 bill,” he said.
Mr Ndlovu said most of the money he gets from his business was spent on electricity payments.
Online Reporter