Kenyans to sell extra electricity to Kenya Power in new metering rules

Cabinet Secretary in charge of Energy and Petroleum, Davis Chirchir during a past event on September 14, 2023.  

Photo credit: File | Billy Ogada | Nation Media Group

Households and businesses that generate renewable energy for their own use have been handed a major boost after the State approved the net metering regulations, which will allow them to feed their excess power to the grid and offset their bills.

Through the regulations, prosumers—customers who generate their own power but also buy from the grid—will be connected to the national power grid through a meter that will record the quantity of power they have bought and sold to Kenya Power.

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