Lesotho has 1 power plant in this atlas, with 72 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is 'Muela (72 MW, hydro; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are hydro. Grid operators listed here include Lesotho Electricity Company. Electricity is regulated by LEWA. Renewables supplied 0% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
Grid operators and electricity market in Lesotho
Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything
The Muela hydro plant supplies part of demand; the rest is imported from South Africa and Mozambique.
Member of the Southern African Power Pool, which links national utilities across southern Africa and runs regional day-ahead and intraday electricity markets.
What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?
A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
Lesotho is in Southern Africa. Its landlocked geography makes cross-border connections an important part of its regional setting. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.
Capital
Maseru
Languages
English, Sotho
Region
Southern Africa
Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 1 records for Lesotho. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
1 source record. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 1 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
