[1] The secretariat of the 17-member country organization is located at 24 Golden Stairs, Emerald Hill, in Harare, the capital and largest city in Zimbabwe.

The plan’s goal is to reduce the number of people in the region without access to energy by 50 percent in the next ten years.

[5] The most recent developments to the Southern African Power Pool came between the years of 1995 and 2005, where multiple interconnections were added.

[6] SAPP was founded in August 1995 at the SADC summit held in Kempton Park, South Africa.

[7] Power trading between regions started in 1950 after the signed agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.

[8] Every year, each member contributes a certain amount of money to the group as pre-determined in the document that set up the Power Pool.

Investment projects that creates new revenue includes hydropower and clean coal power plant alternative over nuclear.

Along with the current SAPP members, there are future plans to involve other areas such as Tanzania, Malawi and Angola.

Lastly, strengthen and regulating competitive markets plan that sets up new rules that help meets consumers and investors satisfaction.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the only country that is a member of three pools (SAPP, EAPP and CAPP).