The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy and Minerals has said it is satisfied with the electricity production situation where the country now has the capacity to produce a total of 4,400 megawatts while the consumption is 2,071 megawatts, a step that has continued to improve the availability of electricity.
This came on February 20, 2026 after the Committee conducted a tour to inspect electricity projects in Dar es Salaam Region, where it visited the Ras Kilomoni Electricity Transmission Station to Zanzibar and the Kinyerezi I and II Natural Gas Power Generation Station.
The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Minerals, Mrs. Subira Mgalu, said there has been significant progress in the area of electricity production and now TANESCO is continuing efforts to build electricity transmission lines, including from the Julius Nyerere Dam to Chalinze, then Kinyerezi to Mkuranga, an area with many manufacturing industries.
“We highly commend TANESCO for the implementation of the electricity projects. The situation of power outages has reduced, and now there is no allocation. The Committee recommends that greater efforts should now be made to ensure that electricity reaches the end consumer, especially in industrial and mining areas,” explained Mrs. Subira.
The Commissioner for Electricity and Renewable Energy, on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Innocent Luoga said they have received the Committee’s instructions regarding the vision of the President, Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan to ensure that by 2030 the country can generate a total of 8,000 megawatts.
“Currently, the demand for electricity has continued to increase, especially in production activities. The government, through TANESCO, is ensuring that electricity reaches the citizens and the goal is to connect approximately 1.7 million citizens to electricity annually”, he said
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy and Minerals began its visit to the RAS Kilomoni Electricity Transmission Station to Zanzibar, with a total capacity to transmit 205 megawatts, while the record for 2025 was 140.4 megawatts for Zanzibar.
