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Off-peak power use saves firms Sh971m as uptake of night tariff jumps
Since 2017, industrial and commercial firms have taken advantage of the discounted Time-of-Use (ToU) tariff, under which Kenya Power offers a 50 percent discount to companies operating during off-peak hours, when electricity costs are lower.
Industrial and commercial consumers capitalised on discounted tariffs to shift production to off-peak hours, saving Sh971 million in power bills in the six months to December 2025.
Fresh disclosures by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) show that these users consumed 148 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of power under a special tariff scheme during the period, a 74 percent increase from 84.9 GWh in the same period a year earlier.
