EPRA Broadcasts Three Principal Modifications in Electrical energy Billing

The authorities, via the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), has introduced marginal adjustments to electrical energy billing following the publication of recent tariff changes.

The tariff changes gazetted on Friday, February 13, have an effect on the gas vitality price costs, international trade fluctuation adjustment, and the Water Resource Management Authority (WRMA) levy.

While the changes are all the time executed routinely, the implications of the newest adjustments are vital for a lot of Kenyans who’re already fighting a excessive price of dwelling.

The most important revision was on the international trade adjustment, with EPRA setting the cost at 120.61 cents per kilowatt hour, which is equal to Ksh1.2061 per unit consumed.

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This cost was adjusted upwards as a result of Kenya’s energy sector relies upon partly on international forex, as some electrical energy producers are paid in {dollars}, whereas on the similar time, gas for thermal energy crops is imported.

The printed information exhibits that international trade losses amounted to roughly Ksh1.31 billion, a value that can now be handed on to customers underneath the newest tariff changes.

The second main adjustment is the Fuel Energy Cost Charge, which has been set at Ksh3.10 per kilowatt-hour, with this cost protecting the price of working thermal energy crops.

It is price noting that thermal crops within the nation use diesel or heavy gas oil, that are generally very costly and are all the time affected by adjustments in world oil costs.

Additionally, the nation generates electrical energy primarily from geothermal and hydropower, so when hydropower is low or demand rises, elevated use of thermal energy raises gas prices for customers.

The third adjustment was the Water Resource Management Authority levy, which was set at 1.21 cents per kilowatt-hour, equaling Ksh0.0121 per unit. 

The Water Resource Management Authority levy is contributed by customers of electrical energy to assist the administration of water assets utilized in hydropower technology.

When all three changes are mixed, it implies that a individual or family that makes use of 300 items may pay almost Ksh1,300 further price from foreign exchange and gas costs alone, earlier than different levies.

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