New entrants seek to end Kenya Power’s retail market monopoly

A Kenya Power worker. FILE PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NMG

One more private company has applied for approval to enter the electricity retail market in a move that could soon end Kenya Power’s #ticker:KPLC monopoly.

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) says in a gazette notice that a local firm, PowerGen, last month applied for a licence to generate and supply electricity to households and small-scale business premises and that the application is currently under review.

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