Southern African Power Pool

Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is the name for the common electricity market that was founded by the countries of southern Africa. The SAPP was agreed in August 1995 at a summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It contains a set of rules for cooperation between the respective countries and their electricity suppliers.

Members

The following countries are members of the SAPP with their respective national electricity suppliers.

country	Companies	Inst. Power (MW)	status
Angola	Empresa Nacional de Electricidade (ENE)	2,028	NP
Botswana	Botswana Power Corporation (BPC)	892	OP
Democratic Republic of Congo	Société nationale d'électricité (SNEL)	2,442	OP
Lesotho	Lesotho Electricity Corporation (LEC)	72	OP
Malawi	Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM)	351	NP
Mozambique	Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM)	2,308	OP
Namibia	Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower)	501	OP
Zambia	Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO)	2.128	OP
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC)	2,045	OP
South Africa	Eskom	44,170	OP
Swaziland	Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC)	70	OP
Tanzania	Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO)	1,380	NP

1. ↑ NP = Non-Operating Member, OP = Operating Member

In addition to the national electricity suppliers, the following companies are (limited) members of the SAPP:

• Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC), Zambia
• Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), Mozambique
• Lunsemfwa Hydro Power Company (LHPC), Zambia
• Mozambique Transmission Company (MOTRACO), Mozambique

Of the total of 58,387 MW installed capacity in the countries of the SAPP, 40,491 MW (69.3%) came from coal-fired power plants and 12,361 MW (21.3%) from hydropower plants .

Network

The electrical network within the SAPP currently (as of June 2015) includes all of the above-mentioned member countries with the exception of Angola , Malawi and Tanzania . In addition to high and extra-high voltage lines for three-phase current, HVDC transmission systems such as the HVDC transmission system Cahora Bassa are also part of the network.

Web links

• Vision and Objectives. Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), accessed June 18, 2015 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} ANNUAL REPORT 2014. (PDF 33.6 MB, pp. 4–5 (3–4), 40 (39), 73 (72)) (No longer available online.) SAPP, archived from the original on June 18, 2015 ; accessed on June 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Membership. (No longer available online.) SAPP, archived from the original on June 18, 2015 ; accessed on June 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ SAPP Grid. (No longer available online.) SAPP, archived from the original on June 18, 2015 ; accessed on June 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Map of South-African Electricity Grid. Global Energy Network Institute (GENI), accessed June 18, 2015 .