DRC/Uganda: Interconnection plan

Uganda in mid-August signed a memorandum of understanding to build a high-voltage electricity interconnection with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This would allow Uganda to sell power to eastern Congo, using surplus generated by new hydropower dams, energy minister Irene Muloni said. The transmission line would run some 350km from a substation in Fort Portal to Beni, Bunia and Butembo in eastern DRC.