Electrical energy Costs to Bounce by Ksh5.24 Per Unit in October After EPRA Evaluation

Kenyans throughout the nation should pay Ksh5.24 extra per unit or Kilowatt Hour (kWh) for his or her electrical energy in October.

This is based on the newest overview of costs by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), as reported within the August 9 difficulty of the Kenya Gazette.

Firstly, Kenyans will half with Ksh3.69 extra per kWh because of the rising value of gasoline power used within the manufacturing of electrical energy. 

“Pursuant to Clause 1 of Part III of the Schedule of Tariffs 2023, notice is given that all prices for electrical energy specified in Part II of the said Schedule will be liable to a fuel energy cost charge of plus 369 Kenya cents per kWh for all meter readings to be taken in October, 2025,” the discover learn partially.

Another Ksh1.5 per kWh will likely be utilized to all meter readings in October to cowl the overseas trade fluctuation adjustment.

Photo collage between a gasoline pump and electrical energy tokens meter.

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“Pursuant to Clause 2 of Part III of the Schedule of Tariffs 2023, Notice is given that all prices for electrical energy specified in Part II of the said Schedule will be liable to a foreign exchange fluctuation adjustment of plus 153.82 cents per kWh for all meter readings taken in October, 2025,” the discover learn.

The final adjustment within the sequence of notices is 1.24 cents per kWh, which will likely be remitted for the Water Resource Management Authority (WRMA) Levy.

“Pursuant to Clause 5 of Part III of the Schedule of Tariffs 2023, Notice is hereby given that all prices for Electrical Energy specified in Part II -(A) of the said Schedule will be liable to a Water Resource Management Authority (WRMA) Levy of Plus 1.24 Cents per kWh for all meter readings taken in October 2025,” the discover learn.

This implies that all Kenya Power clients, each prepay and postpay, should dig slightly deeper of their pockets to cowl the price, because the Ksh5.24 will likely be utilized to any unit bought or used.

For a family that makes use of simply 30 models monthly, for example, they should cough up Ksh157.2 extra for his or her October electrical energy invoice.

In addition to those fees, their electrical energy invoice may also be topic to extra fees, as is the norm, together with a 16 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT).

Five per cent of the prices of the models consumed by the shopper may also be remitted for the Rural Electrification Programme (REP) Levy to facilitate the implementation of rural electrification initiatives, and lastly, an EPRA levy of three cents per unit will likely be utilized.

Kenya Power Building in Nairobi CBD.

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