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Investors to pay less for power at new industrial park

Investors at an upcoming industrial park in Naivasha will be offered cheaper power tariffs.

The move, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said yesterday, is expected to attract companies to the park that is planned next to power producer KenGen’s Olkaria geothermal fields. ERC Director-General Pavel Oimeke said in Nairobi the tariff will be substantially lower than what manufacturers and other large power consumers are charged currently.

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