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Electricity demand in Lesotho has surpassed the main domestic generation of 72-MW hydropower station with 59% capacity deficit currently met by imports from South Africa 1. Introduction
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Both bilateral contracts from Eskom and EDM come with heavy reliability premiums and their annual reviews are subject to the volatile market conditions which can result in increased expense or an obstruction of the electricity supply to Lesotho [15 ].
The coefficients α w, α s, α h a n d α i m p ($/MWh) represent tariff or cost of electricity that must be paid by LEC to the power producer and imports per 1 MWh of injected energy to the grid. This cost of electricity is assumed to be constant for each power producer, in Lesotho, and it is named a flat rate tariff.
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