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ERC targets houses with no solar water heaters in new inspection

A house that has solar system; Kenyan property owners risk jail or fine under new solar water heating regulation

NAIROBI, KENYA: The Energy Regulatory Commission has begun inspection of buildings across the country for the compliance with solar water heating regulations 2012.

The regulations, which came into force in 2012, had given a five-year window to owners of buildings that consume more than 100 litres of hot water a day to install solar water heating systems.

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