Fresh regulatory headwinds face Lamu coal plant project

Lamu coal power plant site. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The fate of the Centum-backed Lamu coal power plant hangs in the balance after recommendations in a report presented to President Uhuru Kenyatta said its power purchase agreement (PPAs) with Kenya Power had lapsed.

The task force to review power purchase agreements signed between Kenya Power and all electricity generators with a goal of renegotiating the energy prices and other terms downwards has since called for termination of some agreements and renegotiation of others.

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