Mozambique Transmission Company

The Mozambique Transmission Company (MOTRACO) is a joint venture founded in 1998 by three neighbouring electricity companies: Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), Eskom Holding Limited (Eskom) of South Africa and Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) of Eswatini. It buys power from Eskom for sale to the Mozal aluminium smelter in Mozambique, and also transmits electricity from Eskom to EDM and EEC. Its activities are supported by two 400 kV substations and 132 kV and 400 kV transmission lines owned by MOTRACO, whose operation and maintenance it also guarantees. The company also manages a cross-border high-speed digital telecommunications infrastructure.

MOTRACO was founded in 1998 as a strategic partnership between three electricity companies from neighbouring countries: Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), Eskom Holding Limited (Eskom) of South Africa and Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) of Eswatini. The collaboration was motivated by the need to improve electricity transmission infrastructure in the region and strengthen energy integration between the countries. According to the company's history, in June 1997 an electricity tariff for Mozal was agreed, but power supply to Mozal could not be provided by Eskom (legislative problems) or EDM (insufficient capacity), so a special-purpose company had to be created. In March 1998 the Government of Mozambique approved the MOTRACO project with certain tax benefits, and in October 1998 MOTRACO was incorporated with three shareholders — EDM, Eskom and EEC — each holding an equal share in the joint venture.

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Product categories. Electricity transmission · Electricity purchase and sale · Cross-border digital telecommunications infrastructure

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