Kenya: New Electricity Tariffs Target High Consumers

20 November 2013

HOUSEHOLDS consuming up to 50 units of power a month and small commercial ventures using a maximum of 424 units have been shielded from an average 5.2 per cent increase in electricity charges starting next month.

In the new retail electricity tariff review which runs to June 2016 announced yesterday by the Energy Regulatory Commission, the two groups that jointly account for 69.4 per cent of all power consumers, will not experience wide price changes during the period.

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