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Kenya Power faces costly burden of idle electricity

Kenya Power has since April been unable to sell about 24 percent of the power or 214 million kWh it bought from generators like KenGen. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  Patrick Alushula

Business Reporter

Nation Media Group

Kenya Power #ticker:KPLC is facing increased burden of paying for idle electricity as power generators increase production to five-month high amid reduced consumption by homes and businesses in the wake of Covid-19.

Latest figures from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) shows that power producers such as KenGen #ticker:KNGN increased their supply to Kenya Power to 980.33 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) in July.

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